logging.info('starting backup for %s', self.repos_path)

        logging.info('backup target %s', self.backup_file_path)

        if not os.path.isdir(self.repos_path):

            raise Exception('Not a valid directory in %s' % self.repos_path)

    def set_repos_path(self, paths):

        repos_path = paths[0][1].split('/')

        if repos_path[-1] in ['*', '**']:

            repos_path = repos_path[:-1]

        if repos_path[0] != '/':

            repos_path[0] = '/'

        self.repos_path = os.path.join(*repos_path)

    def backup_repos(self):

        today = datetime.datetime.now().weekday() + 1

        bckp_file = os.path.join(self.backup_file_path,

                                 "mercurial_repos.%s.tar.gz" % today)

        tar = tarfile.open(bckp_file, "w:gz")

        for dir in os.listdir(self.repos_path):

            logging.info('backing up %s', dir)

            tar.add(os.path.join(self.repos_path, dir), dir)

        tar.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":

    bm = BackupManager()

    bm.backup_repos()