# Script Name : backup_automater_services.py

# Author : Craig Richards

# Created : 24th October 2012

# Last Modified : 13th February 2016

# Version : 1.0.1

# Modifications : 1.0.1 - Tidy up the comments and syntax

# Description : This will go through and backup all my automator services workflows

import shutil # Load the library module

import datetime # Load the library module

import os # Load the library module

today = datetime.date.today() # Get Today's date

todaystr = today.isoformat() # Format it so we can use the format to create the directory

confdir = os.getenv("my_config") # Set the variable by getting the value from the OS setting

dropbox = os.getenv("dropbox") # Set the variable by getting the value from the OS setting

conffile = ('services.conf') # Set the variable as the name of the configuration file

conffilename = os.path.join(confdir, conffile) # Set the variable by combining the path and the file name

sourcedir = os.path.expanduser('~/Library/Services/') # Source directory of where the scripts are located

destdir = os.path.join(dropbox, "My_backups"+"/"+"Automater_services"+todaystr+"/") # Combine several settings to create

# the destination backup directory

for file_name in open(conffilename): # Walk through the configuration file

fname = file_name.strip() # Strip out the blank lines from the configuration file

if fname: # For the lines that are not blank

sourcefile = os.path.join(sourcedir, fname) # Get the name of the source files to backup

destfile = os.path.join(destdir, fname) # Get the name of the destination file names

shutil.copytree(sourcefile, destfile) # Copy the directories