[Empeg-general] Re: Backing up MP3's off Empeg - JUST DO IT!

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There's enough source and information out there for someone to write a backup utility in a weekend if they tried. If
   all you want is a plain backup, and you don't care about rebuilding filenames and paths, then it's even easier - this
   thing is a linux box, with ethernet, and a bunch of files need copying off. It couldn't get much easier!

I installed all my mp3s on the empeg using rsync. rsync does two-way synchronisation. If I deleted the mp3s on my pc, the next time I sync'd it would transfer them all back from the Empeg. As Rob says, this is *trivial*. A weekend to write the app, however, is a couple of orders of magnitude more the real amount of effort required.

Paul