initial commit from tarball, likely doesn't work at all...

new file:   .gitignore
	new file:   setup.cfg
	new file:   setup.py
	new file:   virt-back
	new file:   virt_back.egg-info/PKG-INFO
	new file:   virt_back.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
	new file:   virt_back.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
	new file:   virt_back.egg-info/top_level.txt
	new file:   virtback.py

setup.py

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+# installation:
+#  * pip install virt-back
+#  * easy_install virt-back
+from setuptools import setup
+
+DESCRIPTION = """A backup utility for QEMU, KVM, XEN, and Virtualbox guests.
+Virt-back is a python application that uses the libvirt api to safely 
+shutdown, gzip, and restart guests.  The backup process logs to syslog
+for auditing and virt-back works great with cron for scheduling outages.
+Virt-back has been placed in the public domain and 
+the latest version may be downloaded here:
+https://bitbucket.org/russellballestrini/virt-back
+"""
+
+setup( 
+    name = 'virt-back',
+    version = '0.1.0',
+    description = 'virt-back: A backup utility for QEMU, KVM, XEN, and Virtualbox guests',
+    keywords = 'backup virtual hypervisor QEMU KVM XEN Virtualbox',
+    long_description = DESCRIPTION,
+
+    author = 'Russell Ballestrini',
+    author_email = 'russell@ballestrini.net',
+    url = 'https://bitbucket.org/russellballestrini/virt-back',
+
+    platforms = ['All'],
+    license = 'Public Domain',
+
+    py_modules = ['virtback'],
+    include_package_data = True,
+
+    scripts=['virt-back'],
+)
+
+"""
+setup()
+  keyword args: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools
+
+configure pypi username and password in ~/.pypirc::
+
+ [pypi]
+ username:
+ password:
+
+
+build and upload to pypi with this::
+
+ python setup.py sdist bdist_egg register upload
+"""