[robweber]

Do you know if there are some xbmc function able to do this:
os.path.basename
os.path.join

At worst I can still manipulate string. It would allow me to not import anymore os shutil and subprocess.

Edit:
With this function: xbmcvfs.copy(source, destination) if the file already exits at destination place, will it overwrite it?

I would like to import xbmc and xbmccvfs when I use putty to test some functions. How can I do it?

Thanks for the support.

I do not think there are any functions in the xbmcvfs module that will do either the basename or join. Would be kind of nice though - especially since it would be cross platform with the xbmc filesystem.

I do believe the copy function will write over existing files. I remember before the xbmc backup addon made different subdirectories for each backup I counted on this fact to make sure files were updated.

You can't just import the xbmc or xbmcvfs modules into a python script to test things out (unfortunately). They only exist as wrappers to C functions that get executed when XBMC is running. You could use the ExecuteScript() function you mention to write things and then test them within XBMC while it is running. I also highly recommend the XBMCStubs project (https://github.com/romanvm/xbmcstubs) you can use this to at least add stub support for your dev enviroment to make sure you are getting the method calls and arguments right.

I am using XBMC Backup on gotham 13.2 and I am getting unsuccesful results

19:38:01 T:884 NOTICE: script.xbmcbackup-0.5.8.7: Starting
19:38:01 T:884 NOTICE: script.xbmcbackup-0.5.8.7: Local Dir: C:/Users/nicolas/AppData/Roaming/XBMC/
19:38:01 T:884 NOTICE: script.xbmcbackup-0.5.8.7: Remote Dir: 201411181938/
19:38:01 T:884 NOTICE: script.xbmcbackup-0.5.8.7: Mode - Backup
19:38:01 T:884 NOTICE: script.xbmcbackup-0.5.8.7: Creating Files List
19:38:06 T:884 NOTICE: script.xbmcbackup-0.5.8.7: Writing files to: 201411181938/
19:38:06 T:884 NOTICE: script.xbmcbackup-0.5.8.7: Source: C:/Users/nicolas/AppData/Roaming/XBMC/
19:40:44 T:884 NOTICE: script.xbmcbackup-0.5.8.7: Writing files to: 201411181938/custom_31ced47c/
19:40:44 T:884 NOTICE: script.xbmcbackup-0.5.8.7: Source: C:/Users/nicolas/AppData/Roaming/XBMC/
19:40:55 T:884 ERROR: EXCEPTION: Unknown exception thrown from the call "read"
19:40:55 T:884 ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
- NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
Error Type: <type 'exceptions.RuntimeError'>
Error Contents: Unknown exception thrown from the call "read"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\nicolas\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.xbmcbackup\default.py", line 69, in <module>
backup.run(mode)
File "C:\Users\nicolas\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.xbmcbackup\resources\lib\backup.py", line 248, in run
filesCopied = self.backupFiles(fileGroup['files'],self.xbmc_vfs,self.remote_vfs)
File "C:\Users\nicolas\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.xbmcbackup\resources\lib\backup.py", line 461, in backupFiles
wroteFile = dest.put(aFile,dest.root_path + aFile[len(source.root_path):])
File "C:\Users\nicolas\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.xbmcbackup\resources\lib\vfs.py", line 100, in put
self.zip.writestr(utils.encode(dest),aFile.read(),compress_type=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
RuntimeError: Unknown exception thrown from the call "read"
-->End of Python script error report<--

This used to work but not anymore. I am making the backup to a network drive.

The error you are seeing is part of the compression part of the addon when attempting to add a file to the archive. It looks like you have a custom directory setup, and since you say this used to work I'm guessing a file was added to this directory that it doesn't like. Hard to get too much information here as the actual error is being thrown by the aFile.read() method, which is the read method of the xbmcvfs.File class. If you run the addon with debug logging turned on you may at least get the name of the file that is causing problems as the addon will log each file as it gets processed. Please post anything to http://pastebin.com/ as it will be a pretty long file.

I'm sure it's just me, but...

I've installed this backup utility.

When I run it, I get a Script failed message.
In the log I see an "operation not permitted" error referencing file RssFeeds.xml
When I look in my backup folder I see one file RssFeeds.xml, size is .53 KB
The contents look like a valid xml file.

There's plenty of room.
I am able to create and edit a file in the backup directory.

Any ideas on what else I can check?

Thanks.

Whoops, should mention I am running the latest Kodi beta 3.

I have not tested this addon on Kodi myself so I have no idea if it could be related to that - maybe(?). That being said it sure sounds like a permissions issue on that file. If you can try running the addon with debug logging enabled. Post any results to http://pastebin.com/.