Thanks Helen,
I will trigger an exception if any text is returned and assume
success if none.
Derek Basch

--- In ib-support@y..., Helen Borrie <helebor@t...> wrote:
> At 08:02 PM 16-10-02 +0000, Derek Basch wrote:
> >Is it normal for a successfull backup using gbak to return no
text?
> >I am calling gbak with a pipe from python and I wanted to make
sure.
>
> Yes. It only verbalises if the backup fails. I recall Bill
Karwin once
> mentioning that a successful backup returns an OS errcode of 0
(which a
> Windows .bat file can respond to with a message) but I don't know
about
> other OSs..
>
> heLen