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On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:40:11 -0200, Gerhard Fiedler <lists at connectionbrazil.com> wrote: > >And the server wouldn't be tied up. I'm not sure how you come to that >conclusion; if that's the case when you do it, you must be doing something >wrong. Of course I would not mirror the life repository; I'd mirror a local >snapshot copy. That one is created rather quickly, doesn't take longer than >a backup. (Which one could use for synchronizing... so not even a second >snapshot necessary.) > Gerard, for mirroring over dialup you should be able to use a batch file that you store on the CVSNT server to create your copy files. I do this in order to copy the latest stuff over from one PC to the one with the tape backup system. This batch file could do the following (notice: the newsreader is wrapping long lines...): net stop cvs xcopy c:\cvsrepo\*.* c:\mycvsbackup /M /E /C /H /R /K /Y > c:\cvscopy.log net start cvs Set up a scheduled task that runs this batch file regularly (nighttime at the developer's location). Notice that the /M flag will copy only files that have been changed (archive attribute ON) and then it resets the archive attribute. This way the xcopy will only operate on the repository files that have actually changed between the times you execute the batch file. Arrange a modem on the CVS server so that you can dial up to it and log in. When you are connected you can copy the files in the c:\mycvsbackup folder (and subfolders) via the dialup link to your own mirror server repository and overwrite any file there with the same name. Once this is done you can then delete the files in c:\mycvsbackup so that next time you will not again copy files you have already copied if they are not again modified. This copy function could also be a batch file on your own PC so that it can do first the copy and then the delete. This way you can create a mirror image of the active server as it was when the scheduled task ran. Of course you will have to start out by having one very big transfer to get the initial state of the repository. If you do this with the batch file then you should first remove the /M switch to make sure you get all files initially. Then you have to reset the archive attribute by running the same batch immediately again but now with the /M switch in place. This will give you everything from the repository and leaves the repo files with Archive OFF, ready to be used the next day. I hope this helps.... /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)