Can someone tell me somethign about the following options:
1. Using alias for connection
2. Using Services API for backup
3. Using Windows Server 1.5

Can an alias be provided for the backup operation?
Does this alias need to be identifiable as a backup alias and have fbk as
the file extension?
(or some other means of telling that it's not a file to connect to)
If no to the first question, is there no other way to backup remote
databases using serivces API without knowing the path to the file on the
server?

thanks
Alan