> If my understanding is correct,
> we can not perform a backup operation specifying a local path as
> destination,

Yes, you can.

Backup to file on client pc (this is what you want):
gbak -B myserver:d:\db.fdb c:\db.fbk

Backup to file on server pc:
gbak -B d:\db.fdb d:\db.fbk -service myserver:service_mgr


Ivan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eduardo Resek" <eresek@...>
To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:01 PM
Subject: [firebird-support] Backup on a remote machine


> Hi all.
>
> I teach a course on our faculty about programming tools for windows, in
> which I adopt Delphi (7) as the the official language and Firebird 1.5
> as RDBMS.
> As part of the requirements of the course, they must develop a system,
> simple but complete, including proposition, design, etc., from A to Z.
> The firebird server is installed on a remote machine to which the
> students have no access, neither phisically nor through the network,
> they only know the path to the directory where they created and maintain
> their individual databases. The problem is that they would like to "take
> the work home", for further development. If my understanding is correct,
> we can not perform a backup operation specifying a local path as
> destination, so could anyone suggest any means by of which they could
> backup (or copy or whatever) their databases so as to have physical
> access to it? I thought they could, in pricipal, generate a database
> metadata description and rebuild it at their home machines, but many of
> them are populated.
> ...
> So, just by describing my problem I've almost come to a solution. A free
> tool to export data to script would do well for their purpposes. If
> anyone could point me such one (or a direct solution to the backup/copy
> issue), I would be very greatful.
>
> Sorry for taking your time and for my English.
>
> Eduardo