#!/usr/bin/env python
#wraps up rsync to synchronize two directories
from subprocess import call
import sys

source = "/tmp/sync_dir_A/" #Note the trailing slash
target = "/tmp/sync_dir_B"
rsync = "rsync"
arguments = "-a"
cmd = "%s %s %s %s" % (rsync, arguments, source, target)


def sync():

    ret = call(cmd, shell=True)
    if ret !=0:
        print "rysnc failed"
        sys.exit(1)
sync()