OK, Thanks! I am not ready to move on to FB 2.0 yet. So from what I
gathered from all the postings, as long as I used my semaphore to
regulate access to the embedded database file, then a file copy will
work as all hard-drive caching will be flushed out to the actual drive
when file copy takes place? Did I interpreted that right?

Jeff
--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Martijn Tonies"
<m.tonies@...> wrote:

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> > I looked up "Alter Database" SQL stmt syntax from the InterBase 6
> > Language Reference manual and did not see anything regarding "Alter
> > database" with the Start/end backup refrence. It this new inf
> > Firebird 1.5x or 2.0?
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> I believe this is a new one in Fb 2 in order to use NBAckup.
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