ylands_backup.py

import ftplib
from datetime import datetime

server_ip = <server ip as a string>
ftp_port = <ftp port as int>
username = <username as string>
password = <password as string>

try:
    ftp = ftplib.FTP()
    ftp.connect(host=server_ip,port=ftp_port)
    ftp.login(user=username,passwd=password)
except Exception as e:
    print(e)
else:
    file_path = '/mnt/net_store/Data/geeks/ylands/serverbackup/'
    orig_file = 'SessionSave.ylandsgame'
    new_file = 'SessionSave_{0}.ylandsgame'.format(datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S'))
    try:
        ftp.rename(orig_file,new_file)
        with open('{0}{1}'.format(file_path,new_file), 'wb') as f:
            ftp.retrbinary('RETR {0}'.format(new_file), f.write)
    except ftplib.error_perm as e:
        print(e)
    else:
        print('{0} Backup complete.'.format(new_file))

    ftp.close()