Steffen Heil wrote:

> The database file the copy programm sees is frozen. The firebird server's
> writes don't hit that view...

But what if the snapshot that you backup is taken in the midst of a
database update that Firebird is writing? Even if Firebird's operations
is not disturbed in any way, will the snapshot be valid or will your
backup copy in fact contain a corrupt database?

Kjell
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