backing up of cvs repositories

[ankush grover]

hey friends,

 

I have configured CVS on fc3 and now I am trying to learn how to backup the cvs repositories. There are about 9 repositories on my linux server and I want to backup all the repositories to one of the directory on the server itself.

 

I read this url and want to know how to backup my repositories.

http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.21/cvs_2.html#SEC24

 

Developers in my company don't work after 11:00 PM as they prefer to come on weekends to finish their pending work rather than spending whole night completing their work.

 

I can schedule the backup of the repositories through rsync at 4:00 AM everyday I hope at this time nobody will be accessing the cvs. Now how should I backup means should I create lock files or should i stop cvs server and then take the backup.

 

Which is the best way to backup the repositories ? Developers are using pserver as authentication method  as my server is very restricted for ssh access.

 

 

Thanks & Regards

 

Ankush Grover