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backup programming svn vcs

Remote SVN backup with svnsync

Create local svn repository with name “my_local_repo”

prepare local repo

initialize local copy

first run must be interactive to input and save your login and password

write script to run it in cron
backup_svn_script.sh:

it produce files like “svn_2012_09_07_01_34_01.tar.gz” in your backup directory

Now you can add task to cron. Execute:

and add following line to run backup at 4:00 (4 a.m.) every day

This method is not disk space efficient, but very simple.

Sources:
using svnsync
installing subversion server in ubuntu