k_smith_000 wrote:

>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Ann W. Harrison"
><aharrison@i...> wrote:
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>>k_smith_000 wrote:
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>>>1.gbak -b -g
>>>2.gbak -r
>>>3.sweep
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>>>
>>Don't bother sweeping a newly restored database. It's
>>already clean. And be careful of the -r switch, it
>>will overwrite an existing file.
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>As far as I know gbak -g parameter stops garbage collection from
>running during backup, so even if I make restore after backup without
>garbage collection(gbak -b -g), I should perform sweep... (?)
>
>Kevin Smith
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Kevin,

No !

When you backup your data, just the "good" data goes to the backup, no
garbage is stored in the backup, so it will not be restored.

A restored database was clean as it can be, no garbage, no unbalanced
indices, update statistics and so on.

see you !

--
Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br