Name

svnadmin archive — Ask Berkeley DB which logfiles can be safely deleted.

Synopsis

svnadmin archive REPOS_PATH

Description

Berkeley DB creates logs of all changes to the repository, which allow it to recover in the face of catastrophe. Over time, the logfiles accumulate, although most are no longer used and can be deleted to reclaim disk space. See the section called “Berkeley DB Utilities” for more information.

Examples

Remove all unused logfiles from a repository:

$ svnadmin archive /path/to/repos
/path/to/repos/log.0000000031
/path/to/repos/log.0000000032
/path/to/repos/log.0000000033

$ svnadmin archive /path/to/repos | xargs rm
## disk space reclaimed!