Author: Steve Kemp Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] locking a CVS repository during backup?
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 10:25:07PM +0000, Graham Bleach wrote:
> Other options listed in that thread include
> making the CVSROOT/commitinfo script fail during the backup.
This is the option I've chosen in the past, creating a commitinfo
script which looked for /home/cvs/LOCKED - if present it would fail.
That mean we could enable/disable the commits just by
touching/deleting single file, something that the backup server managed
itself.