option = None while option != 'q': option = raw_input() if option == 'h': print "This is the help section" elif option == '1': import os os.chdir(os.path.expanduser("~")) os.mkdir("bin") elif option == '2': import os os.chdir(os.path.expanduser("~")) os.mkdir("source") elif option == '3': import os os.chdir(os.path.expanduser("~")) os.mkdir("backup") elif option == '4': import os os.chdir(os.path.expanduser("/")) os.mkdir("backup") elif option == '5': import os os.spawnlp(os.P_WAIT, 'tar', 'tar', 'cvfz', '~/backup/bavkup.tar.gz', os.path.expanduser('~')) elif option == '6': import os os.spawnlp(os.P_WAIT, 'tar', 'tar', 'cvfz', '/backup/bavkup.tar.gz', os.path.expanduser('~')) else: print "All done."