python backup script

[John Gordon]

In <36d2b7cf-2537-46a6-b984-9fce7ddd33ff at googlegroups.com> mina at socialassets.org writes:

> > cmd2 = subprocess.Popen(['gzip' '-c'],
> > 
> >                         shell=False,
> > 
> >                         stdout=filename
> > 
> >                         stdin=cmd1.stdout)

> Thank you Enrico. I've just tried your script and got this error:
>  stdin=cmd1.stdout)
>         ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Looks like you need a comma after 'stdout=filename'.

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