Subject | RE: [firebird-support] Fileformat Unix vs Windows |
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Author | Paul Beach |
Post date | 2005-11-11T14:35:41Z |
> > Is the fileformat on Windows portable to HP-UX??So the database has to be gbacked up on HPUX using the -transportable
> > That is, can I use a database created on a HP-UX platform use on a
> > Windows platform?
>
> The database does not depend on the OS used but on the endianness of
> the CPU used. It is not a problem to copy an FDB file from Windows to
> Intel-Linux. But, HP's RICS CPU is not using Intel's endiannes.
switch and then restored via gbak on the Windows system.
Regards
Paul