Alexander Tabakov wrote:

>

Don't hijack an old thread! (Or any thread for that matter)

>
> This database is being backuped every night. GBAK runs without -G
> switch. To my understanding, running GBAK the without -G switch will
> effectively clear all garbage from the source database. So here comes
> my first question - am I right about it?

-g means "inhibit garbage collection"
You would use this if you are going to immediately restore the backup
(which will not contain the garbage).


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Aage J.