def removeOldHostsFile(): # hotfix since merging with an already existing hosts file leads to artefacts and duplicates
oldFilePath = os.path.join(BASEDIR_PATH, 'hosts')
open(oldFilePath, 'a').close() # create if already removed, so remove wont raise an error
- backupFilePath = os.path.join(BASEDIR_PATH, 'hosts-{0}'.format(time.strftime("%c")))
+ backupFilePath = os.path.join(BASEDIR_PATH, 'hosts-{0}'.format(time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S")))
shutil.copy(oldFilePath, backupFilePath) # make a backup copy, marking the date in which the list was updated
os.remove(oldFilePath)
open(oldFilePath, 'a').close() # create new empty hostsfile