Hi Brian
use a batch job (script) to start gbak and update the database after gbak
through a SP. Of course then you know the latest back up, but you don't
know, if the back up was successful.

Walter.

Am Sonntag, 28. September 2003 09:41 schrieb m2data:

> Hi,
>
> All our customers use cron (nncron) (hate AT) on windows
> (XP,NT,2000) to run gbak every night before the tape/CD/Zip backup
> runs.
>
> My problem is that I would like to check the date and time of the
> last gbak from the client and show a popup saying "Your backup is
> more the 2 days old".
>
> The ideal solution would be something like having gbak to write the
> stamp into the database when gbak finishes!
>
> I know I could share the folder on the server and check the date
> through the filesystem, but some of our customers uses gbak on
> Zip/CD directly and I don't like shares (people should keep there
> hands off the server!!)
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Brian
> 2M-Data ApS
>
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