Helen,

>> Huh?
>> That's completely new to me that I cannot overwrite an existing backupfile.
>> I've been doing that for years as well as my customers do.
>> What have I missed?
>
> Nothing, it seems. I just tried to do it with Fb 1.5.3 and it *does*
> overwrite. Hmmm, it's not meant to, and didn't used to.

gbak -B does and did from IB4.2 on.

And I don't hope anyone will have the idea to change that.
Otherwise it will break any backup strategy at customer sites.

You're sure you didn't mix it up with gbak -C?

Luc.