OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '"/media/TOSHIBA EXT/backup"/20140108'

! /usr/bin/python

backup files

import os
import time

source = ['/home/stan/Desktop']

target_dir= '"/media/TOSHIBA EXT/backup"'

today = target_dir + os.sep + time.strftime('%Y%m%d')

now = time.strftime('%H%M%S')

if not os.path.exists(today):
os.mkdir(today)
print("directory successfully created.")

target = today + os.sep + now + '.zip'

zip_command = "zip -qr {0} {1}".format(target, ' '.join(source))

if os.system(zip_command) == 0:
print("Successful backup to: ",target)

else:
print("backup failed!!")
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I know my problem is the " not being in the right place, how do I fix that?
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '"/media/TOSHIBA EXT/backup"/20140108'

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