Re: tar backup - inconsistent snapshot of repository

[Jim Hyslop]

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Geoffrey Hird wrote:
>> I take it that the point of this is that if all lock files are in the
>> same place, it is easier to clean them out manually (or by a script)
>> than it would be if you had to search through the whole source tree.
>> Am I missing something?

Something along those lines. Actually, your backup process should be
configured to skip the lock directory. That way no clean up is ever
required.

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