Hi Ann

I knew that, unfortunately I can guarantee other people are using the DB
(the multi threaded app that is doing the backup for one !). I was
really wondering if there was a switch for Gbak that could be used to
say, dont backup just copy or something else I hadn't thought of :)

Thanks
Rob



Ann W. Harrison wrote:

> Rob,
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> It's safe to copy the database as long as no one is using
> it and you're copying it to a machine with the same O/S and
> processor architecture.
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> Best regards,
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> Ann
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