Re: I want all those MP3 files out of my file server

From: Zorpetus (zorpetus_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: 10 Nov 2004 04:55:26 -0800

> You know, sometimes I wish that you guys would actually go ahead and
> try these things before you pontificate. I know, because I've done it,
> that backing up after deleting files is much faster than backing up
> the same data by excluding files. Now you can theorise all you like.
> But the acid test is the practical one. It IS faster if you delete the
> files rather than exclude them.

 Yes, you are right, it slows the backup process down. Also, it waste
 server storage space as well.
 
 I was hoping to receive some hint in a form of a script (thanx Pegasus!),
 which would help me to determnine who has all those MP3 files on the
 server and to ask the user (by e-mail, politely) to remove it before
 the backup.

 Ideally, it would be best if some script could be written to give some
 .htm (.txt) report on the some shared area of the file server that I
 could make as my "start" page of my browser - so I could see server
 disk usage statistics each morning when I turn my computer on.

 People suggested me to start using Perl - but I am afraid that is
 too complex to be learnt overnight - and maybe a overkill for the
 purpose I need.

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