Just wanted to post this quick bash script to iterate over the repositories in a directory, perform an svnadmin hotcopy, and tar/gzip the output. By using hotcopy this can be performed on a live subversion repository and will produce a pristine backup. #!/bin/bash REPOS_PATH=/var/repos mkdir -p /backups/weekly rm -rf /backups/tmp mkdir -p /backups/tmp/repos for i [...]

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Sometimes, taking a few minutes to do a simple thing will save you a headache down the road.  Like changing the oil in your car, or brushing your teeth every night, or automatically backing up your databases. The development server that I mess around on has recently accumulated a lot of data that I really [...]

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