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

> FB1 would be very handy on SCO, do you have the binaries? I can't

get it

> to compile on SCO.

No, I migrated to Linux to use FB and find it even more suitable.
Less poblems with semaphores for example. AFAIR SCO port is dropped
together with other out of date OS.

> What is the proper command to use to perform a backup without

garbage

> collection? I thought that was a restore function. Grr...

switch -garbage_collect. It significantly speeds up backup process and
in case of some corruptions related to urecognizable garbage versions
is the only way to backup.

Best regards, Alexander.