Help Needed: Backup iTunes Using Virtual DVD Media (Image)

Hi,
My iTunes library is stored on external drive and managed by my G4 Mac mini.
I'd like to backup my library using the internal backup functionality in iTunes so I can do incremental backup. The problem is that I only have CD-R drive inside the Mac mini and not DVD-R so it will take me dozens of CDs to backup the whole library. I do have a DVD-R drive on another PC so I wondered if there is a way to use a virtual DVD-R media (like DVD image file) to perform the iTunes backup and then copy that virtual media to the other PC and burn it. I already tried it using Disk Utility and Toast but iTunes didn't recognize the DVD image that were created using these applications.
Does anyone know if there is a solution for my problem besides installing a DVD-R drive on my Mac mini (which of course is a bad investment on such an old machine).
Thanks,
Tal

Hi Tyler,
You'll really need to use rsync for this I reckon, rsync should already be part of the Mac OS.
I found this post on LifeHacker which is an extract from this MacRumours forum post, which works perfectly for me to keep an exact copy of my iTunes Music folder on my network drive, which is now accessible for any computer on my network.

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