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todaydate = str(datetime.date.today().year) +
str(datetime.date.today().month) +
str(datetime.date.today().day)
os.rename (sgdb_path + "/" + sgdb_name , sgdb_path +
"/" + "Web_Bestaurants" + todaydate + ".gdb")
arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management(sgdb_path, sgdb_name)
3. Finally, run the command and make sure it works.
4. This step is optional; we could add this script in Windows Scheduler for it to run.
The following steps are necessary to do so:
1. From the
Start
menu, type
taskschd.msc
to open up
Task Sched-
uler
.
2. From the
Actions
panel, click on
Create Basic Task...
and type in the
name of the task,
Web_Bestaurants_Backup
, and then click on
Next
.
3. Select
Daily
, so the task runs on a daily basis. Click on
Next
.
4. Select the time you want this task to run, leave it at
midnight
, and click
on
Next
.
5. Select
Start a program
and then click on
Next
. This way, we let Win-
dows start our script.
6. Browse to your
web_bestaurants.py
file.
7. Click on
Finish
.
Note
Note that if you have run the command multiple times, you will get an error. The
reason is that the geodatabase is created on the first run, so when you try to run
the script again it will create the geodatabase with the same name raising an error.
To solve that you can delete the geodatabase before running the script.
As shown in the following screenshot, Windows will now run your script on a
daily basis and create a copy of your
Web_Bestaurants
geodatabase:
