Sándor,

>> Ah! Gbak gets only the most recent version of records that were
>> committed when it starts - it doesn't copy old versions, so there's
>> no need for a sweep.

S> Then what Garbage Collection stands for?

if you mean the -g switch, it stops garbage collection from happening
on the *source* database as gbak reads the data, which makes the
process much faster. The switch is there in case you plan to drop the
source database and substitute it with a fres one restored from the
backup file. If you plan to drop it, then why bothering
garbage-collecting it?

Ciao
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Nando Dessena
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