DSR Autosave

from os import path, listdir, makedirs
from shutil import copyfile
from time import time, localtime, strftime, sleep
from datetime import datetime

"""
automatic DSR backup file creation
(1) creates backups upon start
(2) creates backups every MINUTES_X minutes defined below. Default: 5
note: the documents folder has to be set as FOLDER_documents below. Default: 'documents'
note: auto save only for files which have been modified in the last 10 minutes
note: should be compiled using PyInstaller
"""

# variables
# insert the name of the windows documents folder
# depends either on locale (by default) or user setting
FOLDER_documents = "documents"
MINUTES_X = 5


# Constants
PATH_UserFolder = path.expandvars("%userprofile%")
PATH_DSR = path.join(PATH_UserFolder, FOLDER_documents, "NBGI", "DARK SOULS REMASTERED")

def backup_saves(init):
    for file in (x for x in listdir(PATH_DSR) if path.isfile(path.join(PATH_DSR, x))):
        # get name of the save
        name_save, name_extension = path.splitext(file)
        path_dir_backup = path.join(PATH_DSR, name_save)
        path_save = path.join(PATH_DSR, file)
        # get timestamps
        tSave = path.getmtime(path_save)
        tNow = time()
        # save backup
        if init or (tNow - tSave) < 600:
            # create folder with save name if it doesn't exist yet
            if not path.exists(path_dir_backup):
                makedirs(path_dir_backup)
            # create backup file
            timeStamp = strftime("%Y_%H_%M_%S", localtime(tNow))
            timePrint = strftime("%H:%M", localtime(tNow))
            name_backup = f"{name_save}-BACKUP_{timeStamp}{name_extension}"
            path_backup = path.join(path_dir_backup, name_backup)
            copyfile(path_save, path_backup)
            print(f"{timePrint}   saving backup of {name_save}:")
            spacing = " " * len(timePrint)
            print(f"{spacing}   -> {name_backup}")

def main():
    backup_saves(True)
    while True:
        backup_saves(False)
        iSleep = 60 * MINUTES_X
        print(f"\nsleeping for {MINUTES_X} minutes\n")
        sleep(iSleep)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()