At 02:27 AM 8/04/2006, you wrote:

>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote:
> >
> > Looks like a bug - though it only seems to affect a restore done
> > locally, i.e. without the service manager.
>It seems more complicated. I've made the same test on my computer :
>
> >
> >
> > C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\bin>gbak -c -se
> > localhost:service_mgr l:\
> > data\examples\employee.fbk L:\data\examples\employee.fdb -user helen
> > -password helen
> > gbak: ERROR: database L:\data\examples\employee.fdb already
> > exists. To replace it, use the -R switch
> > gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors
> > (as expected)
> > C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\bin>
>
>C:\donnees\k\DataJes\Firebird>gbak -c -v -se localhost:service_mgr
>-user JVCS -password JVCS "C:\donnees\k\DataJes\Firebird\mwfbtest.fbk"
>"C:\donnees\k\DataJes\Firebird\bidule.fdb"
>[...]
>gbak: finishing, closing, and going home
>
>C:\donnees\k\DataJes\Firebird>
>(**** Not as expected ****)

Yup, there are myriad variations (I've discovered some more, as well)
that at least demonstrate that the logic is broken in v.1.5.3. It's
being looked into.

Are you getting identical behaviour with both v. 1.5.2 and 1.5.3?

./heLen