> Hello Group,
>
> I am writing a small tool to automate the backup process a bit more.
> We have a couple of servers hosting around 20 databases each. The tool
> parses aliases.conf and runs a backup of each alias to a folder.
>
> I am using Delphi and TIBBackupService at the moment. The backup
> itself is working fine, but I need to know when it has finished
> because I need to compress and transfer these fbk files to another
> machine. The functions return before the backup is complete.
>
> Is there a way to do this? The obvious one (IsServiceRunning property)
> does not appear to be behaving as expected. I know I could wrap around
> gbak but I would prefer to not have to.
>
> I could also delay for an appropriate time before running the compress
> / transfer, but again, I would rather not.
>
> Adam
>

hope you checked this out before you re-invented the wheel
http://www.is.svitonline.com/ddking/
Alan