Backing up / archiving TC

I use my Time Capsule not only to back up the computer, but also as primary storage for an extensive music library (among other things). To back up the TC itself, I understand that you can hook up an external USB hard-drive to the TC and archive via Airport Utility. My question is: Is it possible to do this with selected files only? In other words, once I've done the initial mass back-up, is there a way of just transferring 'new' files to the external drive, or do I have to transfer everything each time? Thanks...

Is it possible to do this with selected files only?
Sorry, but no. That would not be an "archive", which will copy everything on the drive each time that you "archive".
You might want to take a look at something like Carbon Copy Cloner or Chronosync to copy "normal" files. All of the normal files on the Time Capsule drive will be backed up on the first pass, and then only changes will be backed up.
A note of caution here though....both applications will likely treat any Time Machine backups as a complete file, so the entire Time Machine file will likely be backed up if any changes have occurred.
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> 1. Currently, the "First active log file = S0008351.LOG" from "db2 get db cfg for SMR"
>     In the log_dir, there should be logs >=S0008351.LOG
>     But in my case, in addition to these logs, there are some old logs like S0008309.LOG, S0008318.LOG, S0008331.LOG etc...
>     How can I clear all these 'not-really-wanted' logs from the log_dir ?
>
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>
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