> From: Derek Basch
> > >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.
> I will trigger an exception if any text is returned and assume
> success if none.

As Helen said (and if your environment allows it), better method is
simple testing of not-null return errorcode code.
e.g. in batch:
GBAK -B bla bla bla
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ...

Ivan
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