perl file browser

[Madison Kelly]

Anton Markov wrote:
> There are many different cross-platform languages out there.
> 
> I think that with something such as backups which requires atomic
> operations (consistency), it would be best to use some sort of
> client-side interface (or do LOTS of checks and "Are you sure?" pages).

   The good majority of the program code is sanity checks and I assume 
almost nothingso far as where things "should" be. As for Java, well, I 
have never been a fan of it myself because it has always seemed very 
cumbersom and I also don't like the idea of the client needing a Java 
VM. On top of that, later on I want to make sure that it renders as best 
as possible in a text browser for surevers without X and I don't think 
Java would allow that.

   I may get stuck though and have to go Java or something similar but I 
am going to do my best to avoid it. I was hoping to be playing with the 
browser by this point but the sanity checking and partition discovery 
and assigning portion has taken me quite a while. I will report what 
route I end up taking if anyone is interested.

   Thanks again for all the ideas and comments. I am sure that I will 
soon be back with more questions once I get to the browser stage! :)

Madison

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