On Sep 21, 2006, at 3:26 PM, Mike Orr wrote:

> It would be nice if connection.pack() took an optional backup argument
> to prevent the prepack file from being written.  Otherwise I just have
> to delete it after it's nicely been created.

The prepack file is really just a rename of the original file:
it isn't really written by the pack, but it is left in the
file system as a precaution.

But, I see your point.