Subject Re: [firebird-support] What's the difference between "Gbak -g" and "gFix -sweep"
Author Helen Borrie
At 05:49 PM 4/05/2008, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>the question is simple :
>
>What's exactly the difference between:
>
>"Gbak -g ..."
>
>and
>
>"gFix -sweep ..."
>
>?
>
>For me it's look the same job, but some people say me that it's not do
>the same ...

No, they are effectively opposite.

gbak -b -g causes gbak -b to run WITHOUT any garbage collection.
If you run it without the -g switch the effect will be similar to a sweep.

./heLen