22.06.2016 13:14, Martijn Tonies wrote: > > When connected to the database from another application, here: > C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_3_0>gbak -b -m -t -v > -user sysdba -pas masterkey > "e:\temp\2014 FB Conference.fdb" "e:\temp\2014 FB Conference.bak"
Hostless connection string, as I expected. >> InterBase API Guide, page 202. > > I have to look in the >>API guide<< for using a command line tool? As an end user, you should not. GBAK reference surely deserves fixing. As a tool/component developer, I'm pretty surprised you don't know how to connect to the service manager remotely. > OK, tried that. Connected to the renamed database from another application, > ran this statement: > > C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_3_0>gbak -b -m -t > -se martijn-ws-dev/3054:service_mgr > -v -user sysdba -pas masterkey > "e:\temp\2014_FB_Conference.fdb" > "e:\temp\2014_FB_Conference.bak" > > (still used quotes, changed spaces into underscores) > > It ran just fine. So the problem seems to be with embedded blanks, not with quotes. > See above. Strangely enough, it fails when using -se, but not without > using -se. Because supposedly the problem is inside the service manager. GBAK uses a somewhat original way of interacting with it. Worth registering in the tracker. Dmitry
