why doesn't is work?a script to backup a directory

[obeeker at gmail.com]

thank you for your suggestion and apologize for my mistake.
if i run it and answer the raw_input with "Enter" i get

sth is wrong
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i comment the try-except and run it and answer the raw_input with
"Enter"
and get message  following:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "G:\9\Eb\updateEbBb.py", line 41, in -toplevel-
    updateNow(base)
  File "G:\9\Eb\updateEbBb.py", line 28, in updateNow
    update(d0)
  File "G:\9\Eb\updateEbBb.py", line 16, in update
    shutil.rmtree(i)
  File "D:\Program Files\Python24\lib\shutil.py", line 155, in rmtree
    onerror(os.listdir, path, sys.exc_info())
  File "D:\Program Files\Python24\lib\shutil.py", line 153, in rmtree
    names = os.listdir(path)
WindowsError: [Errno 3] : 'O:/eb/mb/SCIL/*.*'