We'll certainly confirm that FB is running, but I'm 95% sure it is.
That's not a typo. We don't use any extension for the database file name
itself.


Best regards,
Fred Wilson
SE, Böwe Bell & Howell
fred.wilson@... <mailto:fred.wilson@...>



-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Steinmaurer [mailto:ts@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:16 AM
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Gbak failing with "unavailable database"
error

> W2K server and cliens.
> FB 1.0
>
> Comand line, from a cmd window, on the server box (user logged in as

admin.,

> database file and path is correct):
>
> D:\Firebird\bin>gbak -B -USER "JOE" -PASSWORD "xxxx" d:\intrbase\bin\ga d:
>
> \intrbase\backup\ga.bak
>
> gbak: ERROR: unavailable database
>
> gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors
>
>
>
> I've never seen this before, anywhere, at any of our sites, nor can we
> reproduce it in house.
> Any ideas what the Error message means.

- Is Firebird running?
- It isn't a typo that the database file has no file extension?


Best Regards,
Thomas Steinmaurer

The IB LogManager Product Family
Logging/Auditing Suite for InterBase/Firebird
http://www.iblogmanager.com <http://www.iblogmanager.com>



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