I don't know of a single tool that has what you're looking for, but you might be able to do exactly what you described in a script using rsync and mkisofs.
cheers vinai On Mon, 19 May 2003, Nirmal Govind wrote: > Hi.. is there a free program for backing up specific folders on the > hard disk onto a CD or external hard disk? I mean something that > doesn't overwrite files that haven't changed etc. and only makes the > necessary addition/deletion/replacement... would be even better if > there was something that creates a compressed image or something and > writes that to the CD if the total size of data to be backed up is > greater than 650 or 700MB..