RE: Safe Repository Backup

[Chris Knight]

Howdy,

Have a look at cvsup at http://www.polstra.com/projects/freeware/CVSup/. The
FreeBSD project uses it for worldwide mirroring of their CVS repositories.

Regards,
Chris Knight
Systems Administrator
AIMS Independent Computer Professionals
Tel: +61 3 6334 6664  Fax: +61 3 6331 7032  Mob: +61 419 528 795
Web: http://www.aims.com.au



> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of
> Alex Rodelius
> Sent: Friday, 30 November 2001 17:56
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Safe Repository Backup
>
>
> Hello,
> I need to back up/mirror a CVS repository to a diffrent server.
> Can anybody recommend a standard way for doing this or will I have to
> write my own scripts?
> I thought about using rsync, but there is the problem that the CVS
> must be in a consistent state (ie nobody commiting) during
> the copy process.
>
> Thank you
>
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