# Subversion Handy Backup, rev 9

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subversion-handy-backup-rev-9/71926>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 22, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subversion-handy-backup-rev-9/71926 "2006-02-22T18:37:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![simonsaid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@simonsaid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/simonsaid)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subversion-handy-backup-rev-9/71926/1 "2006-02-22T18:37:52Z")

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[http://handy.rubyforge.org/](http://handy.rubyforge.org/)

A daily cronjob that does this:

1. creates a hotcopy of your subversion repository.
2. compresses the hotcopy.
3. uploads it to a ftp site.
4. notifies the admin about status.

I run this on an old P120 running openbsd,  
it takes ~15 minutes to complete.  
On my job I run it on a fast 2GHz box, where  
it takes less than 5 seconds.

Changes:

- The FTP code has been refactored (now ~200 lines).
- Now it actual work on my own server.