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Roedy Green
Since circa 1982, I have tried dozens of back up utilities and
utilities that claim they will let you burn files/backup to DVDs (or
other media) from collections of files.
The typical problems they have are:
1. bugs (Nero)
2. cannot work unattended. You must prod them along every step of the
way.
3. They want you to specify the files with a GUI. I want to run this
unattended.
4. The list of files to backup is not smart enough to deal with new
files or deleted files if you reuse the list.
5. They are dead slow. I would like to produce a disc-at-once.
6. proprietary formats that put the restore process in danger.
I have already written a front end to a backup utility that maintains
a zipped mirror of the files you want to back up called BackupToZip.
Perhaps I could finish it off with Java code to do the burn. I did
not see anything in a cursory google search. My own entry was at the
top of the list -- not much help. Has anyone ever heard of a Java
library for burning DVDs?
Failing that a script/file driven utility available for a suitable
number of Java platforms that could be exec ed to do the work.
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Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
Capitalism has spurred the competition that makes CPUs faster and
faster each year, but the focus on money makes software manufacturers
do some peculiar things like deliberately leaving bugs and deficiencies
in the software so they can soak the customers for upgrades later.
Whether software is easy to use, or never loses data, when the company
has a near monopoly, is almost irrelevant to profits, and therefore
ignored. The manufacturer focuses on cheap gimicks like dancing paper
clips to dazzle naive first-time buyers. The needs of existing
experienced users are almost irrelevant. I see software rental as the
best remedy.
utilities that claim they will let you burn files/backup to DVDs (or
other media) from collections of files.
The typical problems they have are:
1. bugs (Nero)
2. cannot work unattended. You must prod them along every step of the
way.
3. They want you to specify the files with a GUI. I want to run this
unattended.
4. The list of files to backup is not smart enough to deal with new
files or deleted files if you reuse the list.
5. They are dead slow. I would like to produce a disc-at-once.
6. proprietary formats that put the restore process in danger.
I have already written a front end to a backup utility that maintains
a zipped mirror of the files you want to back up called BackupToZip.
Perhaps I could finish it off with Java code to do the burn. I did
not see anything in a cursory google search. My own entry was at the
top of the list -- not much help. Has anyone ever heard of a Java
library for burning DVDs?
Failing that a script/file driven utility available for a suitable
number of Java platforms that could be exec ed to do the work.
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
Capitalism has spurred the competition that makes CPUs faster and
faster each year, but the focus on money makes software manufacturers
do some peculiar things like deliberately leaving bugs and deficiencies
in the software so they can soak the customers for upgrades later.
Whether software is easy to use, or never loses data, when the company
has a near monopoly, is almost irrelevant to profits, and therefore
ignored. The manufacturer focuses on cheap gimicks like dancing paper
clips to dazzle naive first-time buyers. The needs of existing
experienced users are almost irrelevant. I see software rental as the
best remedy.