Hi

Yes you could use a batch file and schedule it with AT (2000,XP). I
would recommend nnCron which is a Unix Clone (and FREE). You can get
it at: http://www.nncron.ru/

Use at batch file like the following (not testet lately)

@echo off

"c:\program files\firebird\bin\gbak.exe" -B -user sysdba -password xx
c:\base\base.fdb c:\backup\backup.bck

if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto errorbackup

"c:\program files\firebird\bin\gbak.exe" -R -user sysdba -password xx
c:\test\backup.bck c:\test\verify.tmp

if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto errorverify

goto success

:errorbackup
echo ERROR >error.log
goto end

:errorverify
echo VERIFYERROR >error.log
goto end

:success
:end

Brian Vraamark

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Werner Cloete" <werner@f...>
wrote:

>
> Hi everyone... :o)
>
> How would you run nightly backups on a Windows machine..?
>
> One option I considered is creating a batch file and setting

Windows

> up, through a schedule, to run the batch file every night...
>
> Will that work...or is there a better alternative..?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaume Sabater [mailto:jsabater@l...]
> Sent: 18 June 2004 11:36
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Firebird automatic nightly backup
>
>
> Raigo wrote:
>
> > How to create Firebird 1 automatic nightly backups ?
> >
> > The system should do a backup every night and there should be

some way

>
> > to know when certain backup was made (for example .gbk file name
> should
> > have date in it somehow like 18_06_2004.gbk).
>
> I see you are sending your emails from Mozilla on a Windows

machine.

> Just in case your servers run Linux, try with a job in the cron

calling

> a script similar to this:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> GBAK=/usr/bin/gbak
>
> # Database
> SRC_DB=/var/lib/firebird/data/database.fdb
> BAK_DB=/var/lib/firebird/backup/database.fdb.gbak
> ${GBAK} -B -T -PAS masterkey -USER SYSDBA ${SRC_DB} ${BAK_DB}
> if [ -e ${BAK_DB} ]
> then
> bzip2 -f ${BAK_DB}
> fi
>
> This script is for GNU/Debian Linux Firebird packages. Customize it

to

> your needs.
>
> Only, and I mean _only_, firebird user should have access to this

file.

> Or root if you prefer (depending on where to set the cron job).

Anyway,

> be careful about security, as it contains the SYSDBA password.
>
> --
> Jaume Sabater
> http://linuxsilo.net
>
> "Ubi sapientas ibi libertas"
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
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