[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How do I grab $CVSROOT? Are there CVS commands that allow you to do this? > Or, do you need to grab everything through FTP? I haven't been able to > find any type of CVS command that would allow me to grab it.
You can't backup a repository through cvs commands. The repository is just another directory on the system. Back it up like you would any other directory. > By the way, are there searchable CVS archives anywhere? Check this email's headers for the main archive. You could also check http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Just make a tarball of all the $CVSROOT, and you should be reasonably safe. > Make a script to check for lock-files, and you should be even more safe > (should be a pretty easy thing to do ... PS: I'm unemployed ;-) > > Before overwriting or deleting older backups, you should check that the > repository is not corrupted. There does exist some script for this, though > I don't have any references. > > I also just hacked together a small and simple script that logs the md5sum > of all files in the repository, and then checks that the older versions of > the files are unmuted - though it does not yet check branches nor metadata. > I might mail it to you if you're interessted (or anyone else that might be > interested - I find it inappropriate to post a complete script to the > mailing list, and I don't have IP access to publish it at the web > somewhere). -Matt _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
