--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Taylor" <scott@d...>
wrote:

> # and restore it
> /opt/interbase/bin/gbak -R -USER SYSDBA -PASSWORD masterkey \
> /opt/databases/mydatabase.fbk /opt/databases/mydatabase.fdb

Never make it. Only -C into another file and after successfull
restore replace database. Some kinds of corruptions can show
themselves on restore only and you can finish with unrestorable .gbk
and not having original database.

Best regards, Alexander.