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Python Python for File Systems Manipulation Daily Backup

Posted by Karen Shumate
Karen Shumate
13,579 Points

create_daily_dir("04-22-2017"), we'd have a directory structure like financial/2017-04-22/.

Need help , tell me what I need to do to get the correct date.

Thanks

backup.py 
import re
import os

def create_daily_dir(string):
    year = re.search(r'\d{4}', string)
    day = re.search(r'\d{2}-\d{2}', string)
    os.makedirs('financial/' + year.group(0) + "-" + day.group(0))