On 11/8/10 11:30 PM, Sascha Schwegelbauer wrote:
> Good morning,
>
>> If you are just going to do a file-level copy (which is OK unless
>> someone makes changes during the backup) you should probably use rsync
>> directly from the subversion server host.  If you want something that is
>> guaranteed to be correct even while commits are happening you should use
>> svnadmin hotcopy (must have file level access) or svnsync (can work
>> remotely but builds a duplicate repository).
>
> is there no way to avoid the "file changed as we read it" error?
> (I'm very sure that the file did _not_ change while it's being read.

Without a lot of testing, I wouldn't be convinced that what you get through 
mod_dav_svn is a usable file-level copy of a repository.  I'd expect, since it 
is a special module, that it does something different than just copy files.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com



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