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Re: does debian have other utilities similar to multicd ??



On Sunday 04 January 2009 09:39 am, Joey L wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Mark Neidorff <mark@neidorff.com> wrote:
> > I feel like I'm chasing a moving target.  Lets nail down the specs that
> > you want.  So far what I understand is:
> >
> > file by file copy  to some media
> > no compression
> > no "archive"
> > readable with other OS
> >
> > What else?  How often? How important? How much does it change? Why do you
> > want
> > to do this?  (What am I missing?)
>
> Mark - Sorry for the changing specs.
> here are the full specs:
>
> file by file copy  to some media
> no compression
> no "archive"
> readable with other OS
> if the directories specified are greater then the media max size (i.e. 4gig
> DVD-R)  the program or script will prompt you for the next media.
>
> A nice to have, but not a must - if it can compress files, can it do it in
> zip files ?
>
> that is all.
> thanks in advance.

Is this a one time project, or is the purpose to "sync" files across file 
systems/operating systems?  
How much total data are you copying?
Do you have to use dvd media? 
Does this project have a budget?


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