myMakeRoutine.py

import sys
import os
import shutil
import os.path as op
import subprocess
import datetime
import shlex

def modification_date(filename):
    t = os.path.getmtime(filename)
    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(t)#, tz=datetime.timezone.utc)

#os.system("module load MPICH/3.3.2-GCC-9.3.0-default")
#subprocess.check_output(['zsh', '-c', 'source .zshrc && myMakeIntel'])
#(shlex.split(("module load MPICH/3.3.2-GCC-9.3.0-default")))
subprocess.call(shlex.split(("make AUTOCONF=: AUTOHEADER=: AUTOMAKE=: ACLOCAL=: -j 4")))
#os.system("myMakeIntel()")
#subprocess.call("myMakeIntel")
#date="_"+datetime.today().strftime('%Y_%m_%d-%H%M%S')
# try:
date=modification_date("./src/mcf")
# except:
# #date=datetime.datetime.today()
date="_"+date.strftime('%y%m%d-%H%M%S')
# date="_NEW"
print("\n#########\nAbout to copy (if newer)\nfile with suffix "+date+"\n#########")
bkp_file="./code_bkp/mcf"+date
working_file="/scratch/lsantelli/mcf"+date
shutil.copy2("./src/mcf",bkp_file)

processToCall= "rsync -azPS {} {}".format(bkp_file, working_file)
subprocess.call(shlex.split(processToCall))