At 05:56 PM 11/25/2002 +0100, Tanno Vorenkamp wrote:

>Can you explain this to me, does this mean that Borland has changed the
>system independent backup format ?

The "system" in system independent backup is not Firebird/InterBase/Oracle,
but Linux/Windows/AIX ... Each version of gbak creates a distinct header
on the file so that a backup created by V6 can not be read by a V4 gbak.
That's important because the V4 gbak doesn't understand some of the
elements in the V6 file. A V6 gbak will read a backup created by V4,
since it does everything that V4 does, and more.

Needless to say, as Firebird and InterBase diverge, backup compatibility
will be among the first things to go.

> > Borland left the Open Source community alone so we have to build our
> > own way ...
> >

That's a very generous description.


Regards,

Ann
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