SVN backup script

Here something to drop to an SVN server:

#!/bin/bash
SUFIX=`date +%Y%m%d`
DIR_BASE=/tmp/`hostname`_svn_
DIR_WRK=$DIR_BASE$SUFIX
DIR_REPOS=/path/to/a/directory/with/svn/repositories
REPOS="SVNRepo1 SVNRepo2"
STORAGE=backup@int.storage.server:/path/to/backup/location

# -- init working directory
echo "`date` - Preparing backup directory"
rm -rf $DIR_BASE*
mkdir -p $DIR_WRK
echo "`date` - Changing into backup directory '$DIR_WRK'"
cd $DIR_WRK

for repo in $REPOS
do
 path=$DIR_REPOS$repo
 if [ -d $path ]; then
  mkdir $repo
  echo "`date` - Backing up '$repo' to '$repo/repository.dump'"
  svnadmin dump $path > $repo/repository.dump
  cp $path/access-policy $repo/.
  cp $path/svn-auth-file $repo/.
  echo "`date` - Compressing '$repo' to '$repo.tgz'"
                tar -czf $repo.tgz $repo
                echo "`date` - Deleting '$repo'"
                rm -rf $repo
 else
  echo "`date` - Repository '$path' does not exist"
  continue
 fi
done

# -- transfer to a safe place
echo "`date` - Transfering backup directory to a remote location"
rsync -re ssh $DIR_WRK $STORAGE

echo "`date` - Cleaning up backup directory"
rm -rf $DIR_WRK
echo "`date` - Done"