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Re: [ecs] DVD burner pgm ? Ingo Pakleppa Sun, 27 Mar 2005 03:56:12 -0800

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You could use XCopy to copy all files younger than a specific date to a 
different directory, and then burn that directory.

Or do what I do. I have a Linux server sitting in a corner. On my 
Windows box, I have a batch file that automatically runs on startup. It 
calls rsync (part of cygwin) to automatically copy all modified files to 
the backup server. rsync is extremely fast and efficient, and even if I 
have a couple new CD images, this backup rarely takes more than five 
minutes or so. Most days, it's just seconds.

Mark Gilmore wrote:
> It's a list of updated files (since a specific date).
> 
> I also entered a few files in Nero, saved the "project", and inspected 
> the resulting file.
> But alas, it was in the dreaded proprietary format.
> If it had of been text, I could have simply inserted the file names in 
> it (i.e. fake out nero).
> 
> At 07:44 PM 3/26/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> 
>> Mark, I assume you're aware that in Nero, you can click on a drive , 
>> then enter a pattern to match.  It will auto select all who match the 
>> pattern.  This can be at the drive, or folder level.
>>
>> Mark Gilmore wrote:
>>
>>> if anyone knows of such a pgm, please share.
>>> else, . . .
>>>
>>> At 06:36 PM 3/26/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not very likely since at xp level, most people don't know pathnames.
>>>> Besides, how would you automatically generate 1190 full pathnames?  
>>>> I don't think anyone has a list of pathnames laying around.
>>>>
>>>> If you have a DVD, do you really have to select 1190 individual 
>>>> files, just grab the directories and use the fact that a DVD has 6gb 
>>>> of space.
>>>> Or do a quick prune of the files in the directories you grab.  The 
>>>> files you are saving aren't organized in ANY fashion?
>>>>
>>>> Mark Gilmore wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> btw, i usually zip the files and then unzip them in a temp work 
>>>>> folder, but they are just too big this time.
>>>>> I *did* come up with a solution (but hardly a satisfactory one).
>>>>> Seems like some pgm out there would simply accept a list.
>>>>>
>>>>> At 01:57 PM 3/26/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have 1190 files that I would like to backup to DVD.
>>>>>> Maybe it's just me, but I think that manually selecting 1190 files 
>>>>>> would be just a bit tedious.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At 11:43 AM 3/26/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't think anyone reads a txt file for pathnames.  Don't quite 
>>>>>>> understand why you'd want to.  Nero presents your whole drive and 
>>>>>>> network tree to you.  Is it that hard to simply pick the files 
>>>>>>> and drag and drop to the list?  I can do that faster than 
>>>>>>> creating a text file with full pathnames.  If you do things 
>>>>>>> repetetively, when you finish the image, save it and you can 
>>>>>>> bring it up the next time.  Then just add who you want and delete 
>>>>>>> who you don't.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark Gilmore wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> there is no one place where the files are (that's the problem).
>>>>>>>> i want it to burn the files as denoted in a list (i.e. text file 
>>>>>>>> holding the names).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> At 09:58 PM 3/25/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Nero has an option to precopy the files as needed.  In 
>>>>>>>>> particular, if you have a CD-rom with burn protection, just 
>>>>>>>>> point to the files where they are and let it rip.  I routinely 
>>>>>>>>> burn files off my Lan disks without copying.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mark Gilmore wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> that's what i have !
>>>>>>>>>> and i've looked high and low for this feature.
>>>>>>>>>> how in the world do you do it ?
>>>>>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> At 06:09 PM 3/25/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> nero
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Mark Gilmore wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Anyone know of a DVD burner pgm that will accept a *list* of 
>>>>>>>>>>>> files to burn ?
>>>>>>>>>>>> It's a real pain sometimes to have to copy desired files to 
>>>>>>>>>>>> a temp work directory for burning.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mark Gilmore
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com
>>>>>>>>>>>

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