ooh yes, i make a mistake...
Of course i know that they are oposite !

I want to ask if :

Gbak (without -g)
and
"gFix -sweep

ABSOLUTELY IDENTICAL ?

Thanks you by advance
stephane


--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...>
wrote:

>
> 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
>