Remove file from SVN without deleting it

Is it possible to remove a file from SVN without deleting it from the Filesystem? My current method is to copy the file, remove the original via [tt]$ svn rm [file][/tt] and then move the copy back to the original file name. Is there a faster way of doing this? I’d like to be able to just remove the link to SVN from a file without my 3 step method.

Thanks!

Work directly on the repository if you just want to remove it from the repository; otherwise, unless you have modified that file locally, there is no way to prevent the file from being deleted from your local working copy. In other words...

However, keep in mind your next svn update will still delete that file from your working copy...