You've missed out the Character set following fix_fss_metadata

Here's an example of what I used

C:\Program Files\firebird\Firebird_2_5\bin>gbak -r -p 8192 -v -user SYSDBA -pas masterkey -FIX_FSS_METADATA WIN1252 -REP "d:\data\fbdata\fb_itshared.bak21" "d:\data\fbdata\fb_itshared.fdb"


regards
Peter

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, masotti <masotti@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 22/10/2010 08:39, robert.gilland wrote:
> >
> >
> > why can I not seem to get this option working:
> >
> > c:\progra~1\firebird\bin\gbak.exe -r -fix_fss_metadata C:\data\MY.GBK
> > C:\data\MY.FDB -user SYSDBA -password masterkey
>
> -fix_fss_metadata in wrong position.
>
> Parameters order:
> gbak:Usage:
> gbak -b <db set> <backup set> [backup options] [general options]
> gbak -c <backup set> <db set> [restore options] [general options]
> <db set> = <database> | <db1 size1>...<dbN> (size in db pages)
> <backup set> = <backup> | <bk1 size1>...<bkN> (size in bytes =
> n[K|M|G])
> -recreate overwrite and -replace can be used instead of -c
>
> Ciao.
> Mimmo.
>