> @Dean,
>
> GBAK does not need access to the database file, in fact it never
> touches it. The Firebird engine reads the data on its behalf (and for
> obvious reasons this can not be prevented).

Oh, I see :-) Well that's why your own service would have to provide an API
for accessing the database - you would have to build your service using the
embedded server or whatever. That'd stop gbak!



Dean.



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