Interesting... thanks for the advice... I'll keep a look out. We're using 2.6.4 so slightly behind the times.
Cheers, David Carter-Hitchin. -- Royal Bank of Scotland Interest Rate Derivatives IT 135 Bishopsgate LONDON EC2M 3TP Tel: +44 (0) 207 085 1088 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Mark D. Baushke > Sent: 31 May 2006 15:43 > To: CARTER-HITCHIN, David, GBM > Cc: ankush grover; info-cvs > Subject: Re: backing up of cvs repositories > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi David, > > CARTER-HITCHIN, David, GBM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > --exclude '#cvs.lock' \ > > > > > > --exclude '#cvs.history.lock' \ > > > > > > --exlcude '#cvs.val-tags.lock' \ > > > > > > --exlcude '#cvs.rfl*' \ > > > > > > --exlcude '#cvs.pfl*' \ > > > > > > --exlcude '#cvs.wfl*' \ > > > > > > --exlcude ',*,' \ > > > > > > --exclude 'CVS' > > > > If using rsync, then --cvs-exclude does the magic above. > > I believe you are mistaken for versions of rsync > up to and including rsync-2.6.8 (which I believe > is still the latest revision available from > http://rsync.samba.org/). > > The --cvs-exclude plays the same games as the > .cvsignore file and is great if you are using > rsync to copy a checked-out tree. It fails > completely to handle the cvs locks associated with > an active repository. > > Look closely at the exclude.c file at what the > get_cvs_excludes() does with the users global > '.cvsignore' file and the CVSIGNORE environment > variable. > > In fact, depending on how the file patterns are > specified in $HOME/.cvsignore, it is possible that > using --cvs-exclude would cause one or more files > in the repository that should be copied to be > ignored. > > It may be that your particular version of rsync > has local patches which do the right thing, but > if so, they have not been ported back to the > official versions of rsync. > > Enjoy! > -- Mark > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFEfatZCg7APGsDnFERAnTKAJ9aFvMguq6TeADfFb3xkXgt6BPtCQCfWGx3 > bd7Jh1W8KCgE0eATcRe56C8= > =V/KX > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > *********************************************************************************** The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. Authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. No responsibility is accepted by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc in this regard and the recipient should carry out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate. Visit our websites at: http://www.rbos.com http://www.rbsmarkets.com *********************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
