Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Firebird Backup on different machine
Author Helen Borrie
>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "richardpln"
><richard.poulin@l...> wrote:
> >
> > How to backup on different machine? Exemple, i connect to a remote
> > databse and i want the backup file on my local machine.
> >

At 12:15 AM 23/01/2005 +0000, Adam wrote:


>The remote machine will need to have access to gbak.exe
>
>In the databasename, you would use "Myserver:Myalias" syntax, rather
>than c:\database\MyDatabase.fdb

You can, but you don't have to unless the remote server is configured with
DatabaseAccess = NONE.


>gbak doesn't care what computer you run it from or what computer you
>are trying to run it against. I can not remember whether it requires
>fbclient.dll to run, but it doesn't hurt.

This is completely wrong.

./heLen