How To Create and Restore an SVN Backup Dump File (.dmp)

Backup Compressed:
svnadmin dump /volumes/data/svn/yourRepo | gzip -9 > /volumes/data/backup/yourRepo.dmp.gz
Backup Uncompressed:
svnadmin dump /volumes/data/svn/yourRepo > /volumes/data/backup/yourRepo.dmp
Restore the Repo
Create a new SVN repository:
svnadmin create /volumes/data/svn/newRepo
Restore the dump file to the new repository:
svnadmin load /volumes/data/svn/newRepo < /volumes/data/backup/yourRepo.dmp
Just for good measure, here is how to checkout from a local repo:
svn co file:///volumes/data/svn/newRepo/the/path/to/what/you/want
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