Bob,

> As a last resort, I gave the prompt the name of a new backup file
> "E:\DB\2Database.gdb.bak". It seems that gbak is now backing up to
> that file (356MB as I write this), so it does not appear to be a
> problem with free space on the drive.

Is it possible that your system has disk quota restrictions activated?

> Is there a limitation to the size of a backup file that can be created
> with gbak?

There is no size limitation/restriction in the GBak code.

The limitations are now based on the file system capacities.


Sean