I note that your database end with .fdb so I asume you are using
firebird 1.5.x

This meen that you must specify the servername. so to command should be

gbak b localhost:e:\Data\inventory.fdb e:\Backups\inventory.fbk user
SYSDBA password masterkey

Hope this solves it.

On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 07:39, johnnorthrup34 wrote:
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
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> > At 03:47 AM 19/11/2004 +0000, you wrote:
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> > >When I run GBAK I'm getting an error: "unavailable database" I've
> > >double checked the syntax and all seems to be in order. What could be
> > >causing this?
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> > Could you report the exact command string you are using?
> >
> > ./hb
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