I failed to use rsvndump 0.5.2 on two occasions: 1) rsvndump timed out 2) It corrupted a Node-Path and dump file could not be applied Using svnsync did work for me and is clearly documented to allow a rsvndump operation using svnsync + svnadmin. I will not work anymore on the rsvndump debian package: http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/maintainer-packages?action=details;package=rsvndump -- Mathieu