Re: projects for a beginner to work on?

[Jamin Philip Gray <jgray writeme com>]

> I'd like to see a simple personal and easy to use personal back-up 
> program.  Basically what I'd like to be able to do is drag a file or 
> directory from the GMC to the backup window or icon and it would add that 
> file or directory to the backup set.  When you run the backup it would 
> create a tar.gz file wherever you tell it to.  Of course you could set it 
> to run automatically.  I've seen something like this for windows and it 
> would be cool to have it in Gnome.  Most backup program are overkill for 
> the average user who just wants to automatically copy a few files and/or 
> directories to a zip disk every now and again.  Basically I think the code 
> for gTar or a similar program could be modified to do something like this.

That actually might not be a bad project for me to start with.
Have you written any code yet?  I'll be thinking about this as I
begin reviewing the GNOME developer docs.  Thanks,

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