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+# appveyor-lab
+repo for full-on appveyor tests
+
+## RestoreTimeClean ##
+Folder RestoreTimeClean contains a set of backups of a db called RestoreTimeClean.
+Consists of a single table 'steps' which has a row inserted every 30 seconds while various backups are taken
+maximum date is 2017-06-01 13:28:43 and minimumn is 2017-06-01 12:59:12