[MacPerl] PerlBackup script

[Ken Tanaka <tanaka9@idt.net>]

Hello all,

I've written a script called PerlBackup, that I'd like suggestions on
improving.  Therefore, anyone who wants a copy can send me email and I'll
send them a copy (it's too big to just dump on the MacPerl email list) as
an email attachment.  Since this list has been so helpful at providing
suggestions I thought I should  make the results available.

PerlBackup is an incremental backup script.  Files are copied to a user
configured backup destination folder and the hierarchy of folders is
maintained for ease of retrieval.  For a few weeks of word-processing type
work, the backup result can usually be dropped onto a single floppy without
resorting to compression or splitting (into floppy sized chunks).

Feedback is welcome; perhaps there are some libraries I should be using, or
I've gone about something inefficiently--I'm doing a lot of the file system
traversal on my own.  This script serves my current backup needs, so it may
be useful to you as it is.  It's written in plain MacPerl without any
reliance on AppleScripting, outside applications or extensions.  This is
derived from a filesystem grep program I wrote for Unix development
projects.

Comments in the script itself provide more details.

-Ken

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