On Mon, January 17, 2011 1:34:24 PM, Ryan Schmidt <subversion-20...@ryandesign.com> wrote: > ".in" is not anything to do with python specifically; it means that > it is a template file, and that a process (typically a Makefile or > a configure script) will replace some placeholders in that template > with actual values in order to transform it into a real usable > program. > > In the case of hot-backup.py.in, the only placeholder seems to be > "@SVN_BINDIR@" which occurs twice near the top of the script. If > you like, you can bypass the usual process and replace the > placeholders with the correct values manually.
Thank you for this explanation. It cleared up a bit on confusion on my part. I copied the file, removed the ".in" from the filename, replaced the two @SVN_BINDIR@ references with the absolute path, and it appears to do what it's supposed to. Meanwhile, I found a nice HOWTO for setting up cron to run this script: http://www.question-defense.com/2009/12/20/backing-up-subversion-repositories-using-hot-backup-py
