I don’t think this is a waste of time at all.... i think its worth at least a discussion...

ok, look.... if I can get rsync to work, which at this point i have never used, i might be ok, HOWEVER, I’m not sure how i would go about doing the dynamicbackup? My guess is a script of some sort. I don’t have much experience doing that, but i will give it a shot if i can start somewhere. You see, my thought is that if the dynamicbackup takes a minute to run, how does the script know to wait for it to be completed before running the next step of copying that dynamicbackup file over to the PC?

Remember, i want to do more then just ftp the FIDs, i want to back up the Play Count, Number of Plays and EQ settings found in the dynamicbackup (that data along with the tunes are more important to me then just backing up the tunes). So my solution would have to do the file transfer, then pull down the dynamic partition, and copy that file too. If this can only be done using a shell prompt, can i write a script file that i can just click on and run thoes commands at a shell prompt. (perhaps pulling open Term Serv to connect first). So I’d need to have the empeg connected via Serial AND Ethernet for all steps to complete.

I guess I’m just looking to get started but wanted to see other people's ideas and input first to see if there is an easier way, or to get other ideas going.