Hi Robert,

> 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 :)

If you are using Firebird 2.x, then you could try nbackup. It has an
option to bring the database into a "file-copy safe mode" while others
are connected and still can work with the database while doing a copy of
the database at file system level.

Look here:
http://www.firebirdsql.org/manual/nbackup-lock-unlock.html



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