Copying script for itunes database files?

Hi,
I stored my itunes music on another internal HD called Spitfire. The default storage folder for the itunes xml and library files is in my main internal HD /user/music/itunes folder ie. Master
i use superduper to backup Spitfire, but i would like to backup the 2 aforementioned files.
is there a script (I'm using panther latest version) to automatcially copy and paste the 2 files from Master to Spitfire?
Cheers,
keebler

Try this:
tell application "Finder"
repeat with this_item in items of folder "path:to:folder"
if modification date of this_item is greater than date "Sunday January 1, 2006 00:00:00" then
set the_alias to this_item as alias
tell application "iTunes"
add alias the_alias
end tell
end if
end repeat
end tell
The path to the folder in line 2 and the date in line 3 can be customized as needed. The path needs to be delimited by colons.
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