On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 18:56:34 +0100, Bo Berglund <bo.bergl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Thanks Pavel! >I just want to check so that I get it right: > >1. Modify the command to use --steal-lock like this in the script (all on one >line): >E:\>"C:\Program Files\VisualSVN Server\bin\svnsync.exe" synchronize >--steal-lock >--sync-username syncuser https://backupservername/svn/pcb >https://agiengineering/svn/pcb > > >2. Should I do this *once* on the command line to remove the lock or should I >change the daily script to always use this? >Note that the remote backup SVN server is never used for anything else, noone >checks in or out anything from it... >It is only a backup safeguard off-site. > Follow-up: 1) I did a manual run with the command including --steal-lock and it showed there was a stale lock that it could take over and perform the update. So this seems to be the way to do it. 2) I have now added this into the scheduled task script on the server which will run about 12 hours from now, hopefully there will not be any problems then. I made a dummy change and committed it. So tomorrow morning I will see if the backup is synced to reflect this. -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden
