On 1/16/06, Gerhard Fiedler <lists@connectionbrazil.com> wrote:
>
> Why wouldn't you take simply a backup application (or suitable script) and
> run it over the repository? After all, the OP didn't ask about clever ways
> to abuse version control systems as backup, he asked how to backup the
> repository :)

Because you shouldn't run a file level backup on a live repository. 
If you are the only user and you can shut down the server, fine, but
if you have multiple users that you want to allow access without
interruption, then you should be using the 'svnadmin dump' command. 
Dump is guaranteed to work across all versions, and across backend
types (FSFS or BDB).

Alex

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