Re: Clarification on hot-backup.py usage

(please don't top-post; it makes the thread hard to follow)

> On 6 October 2017 at 16:08, William Muriithi <william.muriithi_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am looking at using the script below for backup purpose and a bit at
>> a loss at how the script verify the backup.
>>
>> For context, I am referring to the script below and the flag below.
>>
>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/tools/backup/hot-backup.py.in
>>
>> --verify Verify the backup
>>
>> My question is, what should be the verify directory? Is it the source
>> directory on which the SVN server use for writing or is it the backup
>> directory? I am suspecting its the source as the backup directory is
>> already compressed. Would this be correct?
>>
>> Regards,
>> William
> On 10/6/2017 1:16 PM, William Muriithi wrote:
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Just realized my problem. One don't need to specify a directory for
>> verification. Would still be happy if someone can confirm if
>> verification is done on the source repo or on the resulting hot
>> backup
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Regards,
>> William

It verifies the hot backup directory.

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