<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>svnadmin create</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1" /> <style type="text/css"> body { background-image: url('images/draft.png'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: top left; /* The following properties make the watermark "fixed" on the page. */ /* I think that's just a bit too distracting for the reader... */ /* background-attachment: fixed; */ /* background-position: center center; */ }</style> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Version Control with Subversion [DRAFT]" /> <link rel="up" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.html" title="svnadmin Reference—Subversion Repository Administration" /> <link rel="prev" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.c.crashtest.html" title="svnadmin crashtest" /> <link rel="next" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.c.deltify.html" title="svnadmin deltify" /> </head> <body> <div xmlns="" id="vcws-version-notice"> <p>This text is a work in progress—highly subject to change—and may not accurately describe any released version of the Apache™ Subversion® software. 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If the provided directory does not exist, it will be created for you.<a href="#ftn.idm13578" class="footnote" id="idm13578"><sup class="footnote">[82]</sup></a> As of Subversion 1.2, <span class="command"><strong>svnadmin</strong></span> creates new repositories with the <code class="literal">FSFS</code> filesystem backend by default.</p> <p>While <span class="command"><strong>svnadmin create</strong></span> will create the base directory for a new repository, it will not create intermediate directories. For example, if you have an empty directory named <code class="filename">/var/svn</code>, creating <code class="filename">/var/svn/repos</code> will work, while attempting to create <code class="filename">/var/svn/subdirectory/repos</code> will fail with an error. Also, keep in mind that, depending on where on your system you are creating your repository, you might need to run <span class="command"><strong>svnadmin create</strong></span> as a user with elevated privileges (such as the <code class="literal">root</code> user).</p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm13592"></a> <h2>Options</h2> <div class="informalexample"> <pre class="screen"> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.html#svn.ref.svnadmin.sw.bdb_log_keep"><code class="option">--bdb-log-keep</code></a> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.html#svn.ref.svnadmin.sw.bdb_txn_nosync"><code class="option">--bdb-txn-nosync</code></a> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.html#svn.ref.svnadmin.sw.compatible_version"><code class="option">--compatible-version</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>ARG</code></em></a> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.html#svn.ref.svnadmin.sw.config_dir"><code class="option">--config-dir</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>DIR</code></em></a> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.html#svn.ref.svnadmin.sw.fs_type"><code class="option">--fs-type</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>ARG</code></em></a> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.html#svn.ref.svnadmin.sw.pre_1.4_compatible"><code class="option">--pre-1.4-compatible</code></a> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.html#svn.ref.svnadmin.sw.pre_1.5_compatible"><code class="option">--pre-1.5-compatible</code></a> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.html#svn.ref.svnadmin.sw.pre_1.6_compatible"><code class="option">--pre-1.6-compatible</code></a> </pre> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm13604"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p>Creating a new repository is this easy:</p> <div class="informalexample"> <pre class="screen"> $ cd /var/svn $ svnadmin create repos $ </pre> </div> <p>In Subversion 1.0, a Berkeley DB repository is always created. In Subversion 1.1, a Berkeley DB repository is the default repository type, but an FSFS repository can be created using the <code class="option">--fs-type</code> option:</p> <div class="informalexample"> <pre class="screen"> $ cd /var/svn $ svnadmin create repos --fs-type fsfs $ </pre> </div> </div> <div class="footnotes"> <br /> <hr style="width:100; text-align:left;margin-left: 0" /> <div id="ftn.idm13578" class="footnote"> <p><a href="#idm13578" class="para"><sup class="para">[82] </sup></a>Remember, <span class="command"><strong>svnadmin</strong></span> works only with local <span class="emphasis"><em>paths</em></span>, not <span class="emphasis"><em>URLs</em></span>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.c.crashtest.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.html">Up</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.c.deltify.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">svnadmin crashtest </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> svnadmin deltify</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div xmlns="" id="vcws-footer"> <hr /> <img src="images/cc-by.png" style="float: right;" /> <p>You are reading <em>Version Control with Subversion</em> (for Subversion 1.8), by Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. 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