RE: Lack of software abstractions

> The more I think about this, the more I'm inclined to stick 
> with the one file per item method. 

That makes more sense to me too.  Plus my suggestions/opinions on the  
"workspace" matter should carry little, if any, weight, as
I do not intend to use them.  

The script I posted was just the result of some fun ideas I had on the train 
this morning, after reading your message.  You might
still be able to use some parts (e.g.  allnames  )  as a convenient UI for 
selecting the names to preserve.

Actually, what might be better is Oleg's locale browser.  Maybe you could hook 
into that, and allow the user to visually select
the names to back up?  Of course, a programmatic UI is still necessary, but the 
GUI layer is likely to be more immediately useful
to most.

-Dan

PS: and WOW, I __really__ need to proofread my posts.  I scanned what I sent 
this morning, and it has more than a couple of
glaring errors.  Sorry if that lowered the signal/noise ratio.