Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: GBAK - Restore Failure from 1.5 on Linux
Author Paul Vinkenoog
Hi Helen,

>>> That is, gbak -REP now resolves to gbak -c[reate_database] and
>>> will therefore fail if the database already exists.

No, -rep is for -replace_database and will overwrite without warning.
(That is, it's the same as the "old" -r[eplace] option.)

-r, as from 2.0, stands for -recreate_database, which functions
exactly like -c[reate], except that -r supports the o[verwrite] flag
whereas -c doesn't.


Greetings,
Paul Vinkenoog