Rewriting a bash script in python

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <6ne3j3Fkre17U9 at mid.uni-berlin.de>, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
wrote:

> Well, if it handles your backups it doesn't work.  It just pretends until
> you really *need* the backed up data.  ;-)

That's why a backup system needs to be absolutely simple as possible. Avoid
complicated formats, a straightforward mirrored filesystem (e.g. updated
via rsync) is the easiest to verify that you can read your precious data.