I use this to backup my automator services

Author: geekcomputers

backup_automater_services.py

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+# Script Name	: backup_automater_services.py
+# Author			: Craig Richards
+# Created			: 24th October 2012
+# Last Modified	:
+# Version			: 1.0
+
+# Modifications	: 
+
+# Description		: This will go through and backup all my automator services workflows
+
+import shutil							# Load the library module
+import datetime						# Load the library module
+import os								# Load the library module
+
+today=datetime.date.today()	# Get Today's date
+todaystr=today.isoformat()		# Format it so we can use the format to create the directory
+
+confdir=os.getenv("my_config")					# Set the variable by getting the value from the OS setting
+dropbox=os.getenv("dropbox") 					# Set the variable by getting the value from the OS setting
+conffile = ('services.conf') 							# Set the variable as the name of the configuration file
+conffilename=os.path.join(confdir, conffile)  	# Set the variable by combining the path and the file name
+sourcedir=os.path.expanduser('~/Library/Services/')													# Source directory of where the scripts are located
+destdir=os.path.join(dropbox, "My_backups"+"/"+"Automater_services"+todaystr+"/") # Combine several settings to create the destination backup directory
+
+for file_name in open(conffilename): 									# Walk through the configuration file
+  fname = file_name.strip()													# Strip out the blank lines from the configuration file
+  if fname:																			# For the lines that are not blank
+    sourcefile=os.path.join(sourcedir, file_name.strip())			# Get the name of the source files to backup
+    destfile=os.path.join(destdir, file_name.strip()) 					# Get the name of the destination file names
+    shutil.copytree(sourcefile, destfile)									# Copy the directories