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consistent state (applies only to repositories using the
<code class="literal">bdb</code> backend). In addition, if
<code class="filename">repos/conf/passwd</code> does not exist, it
will create a default password file .</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id423398"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="programlisting">svnadmin recover REPOS_PATH</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id423410"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>Run this command if you get an error indicating that
your repository needs to be recovered.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id423421"></a><h2>Options</h2><pre class="screen">
--wait
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id423434"></a><h2>Examples</h2><p>Recover a hung repository:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svnadmin recover /var/svn/repos/
Repository lock acquired.
Please wait; recovering the repository may take some time...
Recovery completed.
The latest repos revision is 34.
</pre><p>Recovering the database requires an exclusive lock on
the repository. (This is a “<span class="quote">database lock</span>”;
see <a class="xref" href="svn.advanced.locking.html#svn.advanced.locking.meanings" title="The three meanings of “lock”">The three meanings of “<span class="quote">lock</span>”</a>.)
If another process is accessing the repository,
then <span class="command"><strong>svnadmin recover</strong></span> will error:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svnadmin recover /var/svn/repos
svn: Failed to get exclusive repository access; perhaps another process
such as httpd, svnserve or svn has it open?
$
</pre><p>The <code class="option">--wait</code> option, however, will
cause <span class="command"><strong>svnadmin recover</strong></span> to wait
indefinitely for other processes to disconnect:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svnadmin recover /var/svn/repos --wait
Waiting on repository lock; perhaps another process has it open?
### time goes by…
Repository lock acquired.
Please wait; recovering the repository may take some time...
Recovery completed.
The latest repos revision is 34.
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