fre 27 dec. 2024 kl. 16:46 skrev Bo Berglund <bo.bergl...@gmail.com>:
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:13:57 +0100, Timofei Zhakov <t...@chemodax.net> > wrote: > > >> 2) Is there a load command version where one specifies the file other > than > >> piping a cat to it? What happens with binary files in this cat > operation? > >> > > > >Yes, there is an option to pass the path to the dumpfile instead: > > > > -F [--file] ARG : read from file ARG instead of stdin > > > >`svnadmin load -F dumpfile.dump` should work for you. > > > >However, I'm not sure if it is available in the version 1.9.7. You may > >check the help on your environment using the `svnadmin load --help` > >command. > > > >Also `cat` works badly with PowerShell, because it tries to convert the > >encoding, which corrupts the dumpfile. > > This is getting a bit confusing for me, never done this before... > > I have now successfully created the 8 dump files on the Linux mirror > server for > the repos that had higher revision numbers than the old server after > restore > from backup. > > They have been transferred to the remote Windows server via ftp after being > compressed to gz files (to avoid any FTP meddling with the content). > On location they are in a "restore" directory and now I need to execute > the load > command for each such dump file. All via Remote Desktop on Windows. > > The VisualSVN repository root is E:\SVNREPOS where there are the 11 total > repositories as subdirectories. Not all of them need the update. > > So my dump files are now in: > E:\BACKUPS\SVN\agisvn\2024-12-22\ > > and the repositories are in: > E:\SVNREPOS\ > > I figured that I should do everything in a command window located in the > dump > file directory - not powershell, just cmd. > > So: > > cd E:\BACKUPS\SVN\agisvn\2024-12-22\ > > svnadmin load -F dumpfilename E:\SVNREPOS\repositoryname > > And the last line repeated with the dumpfilename and repositoryname pairs > changed for all the 8 dumpfiles. > > Is this the correct procedure? > > BTW: it seems like the -F argument is missing, the help shown when I did > this: > svnadmin load --help > > was this: > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > H:\>svnadmin load --help > load: usage: svnadmin load REPOS_PATH > > Read a 'dumpfile'-formatted stream from stdin, committing > new revisions into the repository's filesystem. If the repository > was previously empty, its UUID will, by default, be changed to the > one specified in the stream. Progress feedback is sent to stdout. > If --revision is specified, limit the loaded revisions to only those > in the dump stream whose revision numbers match the specified range. > > Valid options: > -q [--quiet] : no progress (only errors to stderr) > -r [--revision] ARG : specify revision number ARG (or X:Y range) > --ignore-uuid : ignore any repos UUID found in the stream > --force-uuid : set repos UUID to that found in stream, if any > --ignore-dates : ignore revision datestamps found in the stream > --use-pre-commit-hook : call pre-commit hook before committing > revisions > --use-post-commit-hook : call post-commit hook after committing > revisions > --parent-dir ARG : load at specified directory in repository > --bypass-prop-validation : bypass property validation logic > -M [--memory-cache-size] ARG : size of the extra in-memory cache in MB > used to > minimize redundant operations. Default: 16. > [used for FSFS repositories only] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > So it seems like this svnadmin does not actually have an -F argument... > > Do I really have to *pipe* a cat of the dumpfile into svnadmin? > In that case what is the Windows version of cat? type is the equivalent of cat But redirection with < should work as well > > > So I looked in the RedBean "manual" and found this: > > $ svnadmin load /var/svn/restored < repos-backup > > <<< Started new txn, based on original revision 1 > * adding path : test ... done. > * adding path : test/a ... done. > > where they place the dumpfile (repos-backup) last with a < char in front > of it. > Does this work on Windows? If so is this correct for this job: > > svnadmin load E:\SVNREPOS\repositoryname < dumpfilename > > I don't want to do this erroneously and screw up the repositories.... Do a backup and just try? Cheers Daniel > > TIA > > -- > Bo Berglund > Developer in Sweden > >
