19.11.2012 19:54, Ann Harrison wrote: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 3:36 AM, Dmitry Yemanov <firebi...@yandex.ru > <mailto:firebi...@yandex.ru>> wrote: > > gbak -> fb_dump > nbackup -> fb_backup > > because IMO it better reflects their goals. > > Gbak is not equivalent to the MySQL or Postgres dumps which produce a > series of insert statements that can be edited. From my experience, > people expect textual output from a dump and will be > disappointed/annoyed to get our backup file.
True. But perhaps some better idea could be suggested instead. Because I do think that semantically gbak is a [binary] dump utility for some special (read: rare) tasks while nbackup is what's intended to have fast backup/restore cycle (even leaving in piece its incremental capabilities). Dmitry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
