Johan,

> > In Database Workbench?
> > Well I tried /db/bx/bx.fbk and it did not work.
> > Complained "ERROR: cannot open backup file /db/bx/bx.fbk "
>
> Let's see, you have:
>
> A Firebird server on Linux with database.
> Windows client.
>
> You try to backup database on Linux to local path. Have you tried gbak?
>
> gbak -b /path/to/database.fdb /path/to/backup/file.fbk
>
> Does this work?

Use the entire local path on the Linux machine, eg:

/primary/etc/db/bx/bx.fbk

Or whatever your local path is. But, use Linux notation (woops, forgot
the slash thing) and everything.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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