William ChopsWestfield wrote:

> I would like a backup utility that I can tell "for files of class
> 'picture' I want to keep two CD/DVD backups, one external disk backup
> and one network backup. For files of class 'document' I want that plus a
> flash-drive copy. For files of class 'application', one external disk
> copy is ok."

I'd like that too :)  I think one problem with that is how to classify the
files. 

> And then (lacking file systems with appropriate fields), I want a
> database that says "the photos you took in Jan 2005 are on CD 1234, DVD
> 5679, Disk 'PICBACKUP', and hosts billw-linux, wife-computer, and
> kid-computer."

I think the real solution for that is a file system that is more of a
database, and that includes not only active hardware but also everything
that could be somehow connected to or loaded in the computer. But that then
requires the proper maintenance any extensive database requires. Without
that, you're back to something like "crap in, crap out" or however that
saying goes :)

Gerhard

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