--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
wrote:

> At 05:39 AM 19/11/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>
>
> >--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
> >wrote:
> > > At 03:47 AM 19/11/2004 +0000, you wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >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?
> > >
> > > Could you report the exact command string you are using?
> > >
> > > ./hb
> >
> >Yes:
> >
> >gbak ­b e:\Data\inventory.fdb e:\Backups\inventory.fbk ­user SYSDBA
> >­password masterkey
>
> Might be nothing, might be something, but the above string came

through to

> me with a "soft" hyphen in place of ascii(45) on all of the

switches. Do

> you happen to be running the command from a batchfile that you

created with

> Word or some other word processor?
>
> ./hb

Someone else is actually running it. I believe that they're running it
from a command prompt, but it isn't out of the question that they
might be using a batch file.

Shouldn't there be a hyphen before the switches?