Create Restic Backup Program

I’m sharing a wrapper program written in python to backup my files in my device using restic.

import subprocess

restic_command = ['restic', 'backup']

backup = ["C:\\Users\\veronica\\ibisPaint", "C:\\Users\\veronica\\Pictures", "C:\\Users\\veronica\\Documents"]

print("List of directories to be backed up:\n" )

#list the files that will be backed up.
#enumerate = allows you to keep track of the number of iterations in a loop.
for number, dir in enumerate(backup, start=1):
    print(f"    {number}. {dir}")
#  Or: print("    " + str(number) + ".", letter )

# \n makes a new line
print("\nBackup process started...\n")

# combines the lists together.
backup_command = restic_command + backup

restic = subprocess.run(backup_command, shell=True)

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References:

• https://www.simplilearn.com/tutorials/python-tutorial/enumerate-in-python#:~:text=list()%20method.-,What%20Does%20Enumerate%20Do%20in%20Python%3F,iterating%20over%20the%20iterable%20object.

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29811082/how-to-print-out-a-numbered-list-in-python-3

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19683779/subprocess-popen-how-to-pass-a-list-as-argument

• https://dev.to/charlesw001/execute-commands-from-the-command-line-in-a-python-program-3edn