Hello,

Just recently installed weewx and I'm looking for the best way to make 
regular backups. My plan is to create a Windows batch file that uses pscp 
to copy all the relevant files to a folder on my Windows system and 
schedule that to run daily. Pretty straightforward, but I'm concerned about 
getting a valid copy of the sqlite database file. The docs make this 
warning:

*For a SQLite configuration, do not make the copy of the database file 
while in the middle of a transaction! Schedule the backup for immediately 
after an archive record is written, and then make sure the backup completes 
before the next archive record arrives. *

I don't know how I can make sure the database is not in the middle of a 
transaction when I'm attempting the copy. Shutting down and restarting 
weewx I guess is possible using ssh commands in the batch file, but that's 
getting more complicated. How worried do I need to be about getting a bad 
backup file if I just copy the file over?

Thanks!

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