seems like the easiest way is to write a shell script that is run via
cron on the server, the typical method is to backup then restore to
another filename to verify that the backup worked then remove the
restored and then compress (using gzip or bzip2). sorry i currently do
not have a script to restore to another filename but i do have a script
to backup and then compress which i use for daily recurring backups.
Eddie Bush wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have need to perform an invisible backup/restore to reduce user
> intervention for maintenance. The backup/restore is easy, but how can
> I actually, without human intervention, know that the operations
> completed successfully? I am currently using the Delphi Interbase
> Admin (Services API) components from IBX (v7.08), but I am not
> particularly beholden to these components if another component set
> would be better and is equally inexpensive.
>
> Is anyone aware of a way to do this? I have thought about watching
> the output generated, but I'm not sure what I'd be watching for in the
> event of a backup/restore failure. I was hoping for an error code I
> could check, but I've yet to find it ...
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Eddie Bush
>
>