Hello dbambo2000,

Monday, March 7, 2005, 5:27:43 PM, you wrote:

> I have a server which I access remotely (via Remote Desktop). I want
> to run a backup of a firebird db on this system (and have it store the
> backup on the same system).

[snip]

> When I attempted to run gbak I entered the following:

> gbak -b 127.0.0.1:C:\Inetpub\mdir\MDB.FDB
> 127.0.0.1:C:\Inetpub\mdirb\MDB.FBK -user SYSDBA -password XXXXXXXXX

> I get the following error:

> gbak: cannot open backup file 127.0.0.1:C:\Inetpub\mdirb\MDB.FBK
> gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors

Try this one:
gbak -b 127.0.0.1:C:\Inetpub\mdir\MDB.FDB C:\Inetpub\mdirb\MDB.FBK -user SYSDBA -password XXXXXXXXX

Regards: sasa