Hi Bill

No good! I dont need the creation date of the database, I need the
creation date of the last gbak run. And please remember that I have
*no share* on the server!

Brian

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Bill Katelis <bill@s...>
wrote:

> "gstat -h " - gives you the creation date of the database - HTH.
>
> bill
>
> Walter Neumann wrote:
>
> >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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >