At 02:35 AM 08/07/2002, you wrote:

>Dear all,
>
> I am using Red Hat 7.2 and LI-V6.2.796 Firebird 1.0
> How to start/ shutdown firebird service in linux? I tried to use
> "service firebird start"! How can I do it?

Does the file /etc/rc.d/init.d/firebird exist?

>In additon, is it necessary to shutdown the service first before cp the
>gdb in linux as that in windows?

I'm always told that it's fine, as long as it's not in use, but I always
use gbak anyway.

Scott.