(SOLVED) hipFile Save separately

[shadowst17]

Hi guys,

I was wondering if I can save through python without changing the current save to it? I want add a feature to my cache node where once it's cached it saves a back up file in a new folder. I don't want the current scene to change to said newly saved file through. Is this possible?

Edited May 31, 2019 by shadowst17
Solved

[jkunz07]

import time import hou # Save a backup of the current Houdini session def saveArchive(): # Get the file path of the current Houdini session # (Equivalent to $HIP/$HIPNAME) ogFile = hou.hipFile.path() # What do we want to save the archive file as? fileStr = hou.getenv("HIP")+"/backup/BKUP_"+time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")+"_"+hou.hipFile.basename() # Make sure this is a string (I was getting errors if I didn't do this) fileStr = str(fileStr) # Save the archive file hou.hipFile.save(file_name=fileStr, save_to_recent_files=False) # Revert the name of the Houdini session to what it was prior to executing this function hou.hipFile.setName(ogFile) # Return the path of the newly saved file return fileStr

[shadowst17]

Brilliant! thank you very much.