NAS + itunes weirdness

Hi all
im dying here.......
I have a macbook pro running 10.5.6 and itunes 8.1.1. My library has about 5500 songs in it and lives on my NAS (a buffalo linkstation which i point my itunes music folder preference at). Every song plays fine. However at finder level i dont see my itunes library files (im looking on the NAS inside my itunes folder....not on my local machine).
Also, nothing appears in under 'devices' in itunes.
I can add/delete/play songs just fine, but no sign of the itunes library file. I really wanna back it up.
I connect to the NAS over smb (afp works too, but at finder level all i get is the NAS root, no subfolders!).
The search utility brings up nothing, even when I include hidden files. Maybe I should try terminal to hunt for the file? No idea how to use it though.......
Do any of you lovely people have any ideas?
Help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

hey
your absolutely right! I'd seen that file but assumed it was just the default library file at the defaut location. iTunes always used to keep the library one level above your music folder location. Or at least I thought it did.........anyway thanks so much for waking me up! duh........
Any idea why the device doesnt show up in in tunes? I used to see it as 'djl Music' under devices. Now there is nothing.
Thanks again though!

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If I re-reference my music and photos, will iTunes and iPhoto keep all the, how should I call it, attributes?
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