Re: backing up of cvs repositories

[Ray Booysen]

ankush grover wrote:
> > I expect that this is generally what you want to use:
> >
> >   --exclude '#cvs*' --exclude ',*,'
> >
> > If you feel you want something more specific, then perhaps:
> >
> >   --exclude '#cvs.lock' \
> >   --exclude '#cvs.history.lock' \
> >   --exlcude '#cvs.val-tags.lock' \
> >   --exlcude '#cvs.rfl*' \
> >   --exlcude '#cvs.pfl*' \
> >   --exlcude '#cvs.wfl*' \
> >   --exlcude ',*,' \
> >   --exclude 'CVS'
Quick question:  Isn't the CVS directory important if you would need to 
restore the repository?

> >
> hey Mr. Mark,
>
> Thanks for your guidance and efforts. I was able to backup and restore
> a cvs repository on a test machine.
>
> The command is like this
>
> rsyncz -avuptz --exclude '#cvs*' --exclude ',*,' --exclude 'CVS'
> srcpath    destinationpath
>
> a--> archive
> z---> compress
> v-->  verbose
> u-->update
> p--> preserve permissions
> t--> preserve  times
>
> On a test machine I created one repository, added a module made some
> changes to the file, commited those changes to the repository. Took
> the backup of that module, deleted that module  and then restore that
> module into that repository again with the command "cp -r module"
>
> Is this the right way of taking the backup and restoring the modules ?
>
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Ankush Grover
>
>
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