Create backup with python 3 multiple archives

Create backup with python 3 multiple-archives

              
                import os
import datetime
import subprocess
import shutil
from pathlib import Path


home = str(Path.home())
now = datetime.datetime.now()
year = now.year
day = now.day
month = now.month
date_string = "{}_{}_{}".format(year, day, month)


#dest = '/media/disk1/backups/'
'''
	dest var used to move created archives to another location
	example : dest = '/media/disk/'
'''
dest = None


'''
	folders is a list of folder paths to backup
	for example

	folders = [
		'/var/www/',
		'.ssh'
	]
'''
folders = [

]


for folder in folders:
	archived_name = None
	exists = os.path.exists(folder)
	if exists:
		folder_path = folder
		archived_name = "backup{}{}.tar.gz".format(
			folder.replace('/', '_').replace('.',''), date_string)
	if archived_name:
		if not os.path.exists(archived_name):
			print('create archive for folder :', archived_name)
			out = subprocess.Popen(
				['tar', '--exclude', '{}/env'.format(folder),
			 	 '{}/virtualenv'.format(folder),
			 	 '{}/bower_components'.format(
				 	folder), '-zcvf', archived_name, folder],
				stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
				stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
			stdout, stderr = out.communicate()
			archive_exists = os.path.exists("{}/{}".format(home, archived_name))
			if archive_exists:
				print('archive {} created '.format(archived_name))
	if dest:
		filename = "{}/{}".format(home, archived_name)
		shutil.move(os.path.join(
			home, archived_name), os.path.join(dest, archived_name))