>>There is always tar! ;-)
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>>Actually, you can use tar, even to span across CD disks.
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>Truth be told, my success with tar in the past is why I'm considering a Linux box to handle the job, though I've never tried it over a network. If I can find an easy to use GUI for tar, that's probably the route I'll go.
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>Thanks for the links.

If you want a GUI to tar try looking at these:
http://www.linux.org/apps/AppId_4569.html
http://www.mds.mdh.se/~dte97cht/xtar.html
Then there is 'Archive', which uses tar, and the KDE gui version, 'Karchive'
JLK