>>> I'm not sure how the enums of MON$DATABASE.MON$BACKUP_STATE map to
>>> Steffen's requirements?
>>>
>>> http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/fblang
>>> ref25-en/html/fblangref-appx05-mondb.html
>>
>> Ah, right; forgot about that. Stalled (1) means that the database is inbackup mode, merge (2) means that backup mode is being
>> ended. That is:
>> END BACKUP has been called, but Firebird is still working on integrating the difference file. Normal (0) means that the database is not
>> in backup mode.
>
> This look great. Thanks.
>
> Now, if I only was not bound to Firebird 2.0.4 ....
> Any chances there?

How does gstat -h look like for different nbackup states?


Thomas