thanks, Helen. > The minimum abbreviation for the -password switch is -pass (not > -pas). This error is occurring because of confusion with -pa[ge_size].
I will try this ASAP. However, the help on gbak.exe should then be updated. It reads "-PAS(SWORD) Firebird password. (gbak.exe -? on 2.5.2 32-Bit). And still it is strange that this error is raised sometimes, and sometimes not. Using the same gbak -.... a couple of times on the very same backup in the very same location. Strange things around my databases tend to make me nervous ;-) > In older versions, it worked best to place the -user and -password > parameters at the end for a restore. I'm not aware that this still holds for > 2.x versions, though. I'll give it a try, definitely. > I guess you remembered that you'll get an error if you try to > output the -verify text to a file name that already exists? yes. Existing X_<databasename>.txt files have been erased before. ----->>> > By the way, if you are using the gbak instructions in Ch. 39 of The > Firebird Book Second Edition that was released on the IBPhoenix DVD > #21 in August, you should know that two lots of Errata relating to > that chapter have been fixed since then. You can refresh your book > at the IBPhoenix web site. <<------- > ./heLen Did not have the time for all of this, so far. I still need to get the original (== buy the DVD?). I will probably only read it though, when I have my new tablet. I think I am too conservative for reading a really interesting book on a usual screen. Thanks for all your work! Without the first edition of the book I'd definitely have been lost! best regards, André
