Hello Matt, On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Matt Garman <matthew.gar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As you suggested, if you can make a fancier backup script that shuts > down anyone's ability to make changes to the repo while the backup is > taking place, that's even better.
There is `svnadmin freeze`[1] for this. And you can use `svnadmin hotcopy`[2] on a live repository without any problems. Why do you use `rsync`? [1]: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.ref.svnadmin.c.freeze.html [2]: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.ref.svnadmin.c.hotcopy.html -- With best regards, Pavel Lyalyakin VisualSVN Team