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Subversion Complete ReferenceNamesvnadmin hotcopy — Make a hot copy of a repository.Synopsissvnadmin hotcopy REPOS_PATH NEW_REPOS_PATHDescriptionOptionsThis subcommand makes a full “hot” backup of your repository, including all hooks, configurationfiles, and, of course, database files. If you pass the --clean-logs option, svnadminwill perform a hot copy of your repository, and then remove unused Berkeley DB logsfrom the original repository. You can run this command at any time and make a safe copyof the repository, regardless of whether other processes are using the repository.--clean-logsAs described in the section called “Berkeley DB”, hot-copied Berkeley DB repositoriesare not portable across operating systems, nor will they work on machineswith a different “endianness” than the machine where they were created.302