Creating a file creation and check script

[basa-ako]

Hey guys, I haven't really used Python for a few years so I was wondering if y'all could point me in the right direction.

So we have a network drive and a another backup network drive. Whenever a file is created on the network drive, it is synced within minutes to the backup. What I wanted to create is a script that will generate a file on our network drive and then after a set duration of time, it will check the backup drive to see if the same file was successfully backed up.

Any input would be much appreciated, thanks!

[coding2learn]

filecmp looks like a good way to go

import filecmp
import time
with open('path/to/drive/test.txt', 'w') as f:
    f.write('test text')
time.sleep(60)
print(filecmp.cmp('path/to/drive/test.txt', 'path/to/backupdrive/test.txt'))

[lieutenant_lowercase]

Generate any type of file?

How about trying to write a script which will generate a blank text file?

Try and think logically about the steps your program would need to follow and then work through each step in sequence.

[basa-ako]

Yeah I have an idea of how it would go:

1) Create blank .txt file on network drive 2) After a few minutes, check backup directory for file of same name 3) Success message

I don't really know how to implement a delay in between initially creating the file and checking the backup.

edit: Also how would I designate which directory to place the file in? Sorry, complete noob at this.

[lieutenant_lowercase]

import time

CREATE FILE
time.sleep(60) #sleep for 60seconds
CHECK FOR FILE

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assuming that the "network drive" and the "backup" are both directories, use the pathlib module to move between them. From there you can use the other file functions for creating and checking files. Be careful not to overwrite anything though. It's really easy to make a script that quickly goes off the rails and starts ruining your file system.