Rewriting a bash script in python

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <mailman.3534.1225932216.3487.python-list at python.org>, Chris
Jones wrote:

> But then I started thinking .. what if for instance I had to scale my
> effort from my single system to a large "data center" with hundred of
> hosts ..  with different backup policies ..  what if I had to take into
> account time slots where the backups ran ..  had to consider bandwidth &
> performance issues ..  media costs & their rotation and such like.

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