Backing Up More Reliably ( I hope )

studio/backup_blends.py

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# (c) J.Y.Amihud 2022
+# This program is Free Software under the terms of
+# GNU General Public License version 3 ( GPL3 ) or
+# any later version of the program.
+
+# THIS PROGRAM HAS ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. USE AT
+# YOUR OWN RISK. SEE LICENSE FOR DETAILS.
+
+# License could be found in full text on gnu.org/licenses
+
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import hashlib
+
+# We need to know what folder to backup.
+
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    project = sys.argv[1]
+else:
+    project = input("Project: ")
+
+# To compare changes in files the best way is to look at their
+# hashes. They are relatively fast to get. But they will be drastically
+# different if the files have at least some differences.
+    
+def hash_file(f):
+    try:
+        BLOCKSIZE = 65536
+        hasher = hashlib.md5()
+        with open(f, 'rb') as afile:
+            buf = afile.read(BLOCKSIZE)
+            while len(buf) > 0:
+                hasher.update(buf)
+                buf = afile.read(BLOCKSIZE)
+        return str(hasher.hexdigest())
+    except:
+        return "FOLDER"
+
+# This function walks ( recursively ) through the folder of the project,
+# finds every un-backed up blend-file. And backs it up.
+
+def main():
+    for i in os.walk(project):
+        for b in i[2]:
+
+            
+            if b.endswith(".blend") and "_backup" not in b:
+                HASH = hash_file(i[0]+"/"+b)
+                F = open(i[0]+"/"+b, "rb")
+                F = F.read()
+                if not F:
+                    print(b, "from", i[0].replace(project, ""), " seems corrupted! Skipping!")
+                    continue
+                BACKNAME = b[:-6]+"_backup.blend"
+                if os.path.exists(i[0]+"/"+BACKNAME):
+                    BACKHASH = hash_file(i[0]+"/"+BACKNAME)
+                else:
+                    BACKHASH = "NO FILE"
+                if BACKHASH != HASH:
+                    print("Backing up:", b, "from", i[0].replace(project, ""), "...")
+                    #F = open(i[0]+"/"+b, "rb")
+                    S = open(i[0]+"/"+BACKNAME, "wb")
+                    S.write(F)
+                    S.close()
+
+
+# Main loop ( 30 seconds intervals )
+
+while True:
+    print("Counting another 30 seconds...")
+    time.sleep(30)
+    print("Checking for changed files...")
+    main()

studio/studio_storyLayer.py

@@ -568,6 +568,21 @@ def layer(win):
     
     
     # Bottom
+
+    # Backup launcher
+    def do():
+        os.system("gnome-terminal -- python3 "+os.getcwd()+"/studio/backup_blends.py "+win.project)
+    
+    UI_elements.roundrect(layer, win,
+        5,
+        win.current["h"]-145, 
+        40,
+        40,
+        10,
+        do,
+        "copy_file",
+        talk.text("back_up_tooltip"),
+        url="story_editor")
     
     # Multiuser
     def do():