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Re: How To Backup All of CVS?
From: |
Kaz Kylheku |
Subject: |
Re: How To Backup All of CVS? |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:04:33 GMT |
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In article <address@hidden>,
address@hidden wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I would like to backup all of CVS nightly using a cronjob. I want to be
>able to restore CVS to its original state in case something happens to our
>server. The problem is, I don't know exactly what I need to grab from CVS
>in order to be able to re-create it. I believe I need the RCS files (the
>history files with the ,v at the end) but is there other stuff I also need?
>How do I checkout or grab the RCS files?
You back up a CVS repository the same way you back up any directory or
volume on a UNIX system. See a UNIX sysadmin newsgroup!