Backup Automation Scripting | Dataford Interview Questions

Can you write a script to automate system backups for BD environments? Implement generate_backup_commands(paths, destination) to return one safely quoted tar command per source path. The function must not execute commands, and each archive must use the source index in its filename.

Constraints

0 <= len(paths) <= 1000
Each path is a non-empty string
destination is a non-empty string
Paths and destination are treated as POSIX-style shell paths
The function returns commands but does not execute them

Function Signature

def generate_backup_commands(paths, destination):

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Problem

Constraints

0 <= len(paths) <= 1000
Each path is a non-empty string
destination is a non-empty string
Paths and destination are treated as POSIX-style shell paths
The function returns commands but does not execute them

Function Signature

def generate_backup_commands(paths, destination):

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Run and submit as often as you like. When you're ready, talk me through your approach or go straight to the code.