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Re: SVN as backup...

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel_at_comcast.net>
Date: 2006-04-06 04:12:58 CEST

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From: "Attila Horvath" <mutsuura@mutsuura.com>
To: <users@subversion.tigris.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 12:28 PM
Subject: SVN as backup...

> All
>
> Has anyone used SVN as a drive backup utility? ~say in place of a standard
> backup tool like NERO and the like?
>
> From your perspective, any pro's con's for using it in this manner or for
> that purpose?
>
> Thx
> Attila

Since it doesn't preserve file ownership or time stamps or hard links, and
because it doubles the local disk space of any SVN managed directory, it
doesn't seem like that great an idea.

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