Comments on: Backup A Directory With Email

By: Misunderestimated Email Backup Script at not.upbylunch

Misunderestimated Email Backup Script at not.upbylunch — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:22:05 +0000

[...] Another email backup script to rival EvilCoder’s script. So have fun and use it with a cronjob to make it easier. And please change the information in the file so I don’t get a bunch of your backups. [...]

By: Python Email Backup Script at not.upbylunch

Python Email Backup Script at not.upbylunch — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:56:04 +0000

[...] EvilCoder’s Perl Email Backup script now has competition! import os import smtplib import tarfile from email import Encoders from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart [...]

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:47:46 +0000

The ‘wanted’ function determines which files are added to the tar archive. It basically acts as a filter. Since this script was designed to add all files in a directory, the filter is wide open — it performs no match/check.

You can add a match/check by using logical operations as so:

sub wanted {
/(php|css|html)$/i && $tar->add_files($File::Find::name);
}

The above subroutine uses a case-insensitive regular expression to check if the filename ends in either php, css, or html.

I haven’t actually tried this code, but it should work. If not, tell me and I’ll figure out why.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:32:14 +0000

Hi Stephen, thanks for the script. I tried changing it around a little but was unsuccessful (not well versed in perl quite yet). What I’m trying to do is get the script to only include files with a .php, .css, .html file extensions. Any ideas?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 11 May 2005 05:05:43 +0000

Thanks for the link, mk!

It looks like GeSHi might be more efficient than Enscript. I’ll test the plugin when I get a chance.

By: mk

mk — Tue, 10 May 2005 09:28:20 +0000

look for http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/GeshiSyntaxColorer
maybe you’ll like my coloring plugin in advance

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 09 May 2005 22:48:47 +0000

Yup! Unfortunately, the plugin doesn’t cache the pretty code formatting — every time this post is loaded, it must re-generate the markup. Under normal loads, this is acceptable, but I’m afraid that, with a steady stream of visits, it’ll lag down my server. Unfortunately I can’t come up with a good way to cache the formatting. *sigh*

This script has proven to be especially useful in recent days, as I’ve been able to have automatic backups of important directories on my server and laptop automatically saved on gmail. Combined with the + tagging — your_email_addy+some_random_tag@gmail.com — this script is a lifesaver.

By: Kath

Kath — Mon, 09 May 2005 17:30:01 +0000

It’s pretty and colorful now! xD