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>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>Sent: 17 January 2006 10:03
>To: piclist@mit.edu
>Subject: Re: [PIC] CVS for PIC development
>
>
>Alex Harford wrote:
>
>> Because you shouldn't run a file level backup on a live repository.
>
>That's a pretty blanket statement, and as such plain wrong. I 
>can and do run file level backups on my repository (cvsnt on 
>Win2k), and there's nothing problematic with it. The 
>repository is at any point in time in a consistent state, and 
>so is the backup.
>
>Gerhard

But are you checking stuff in and out whilst the backup is being performed? Clearly that would be a bad idea and I think that is what the OP meant by "live".

Regards

Mike

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