--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Steinmaurer <ts@...> wrote:

>
> > Maybe someone can advise what I am doing wrong.
> >
> > I am trying to use gbak to restore a db in 2.5 embedded, but get errors.
> > I copied gbak.exe from the 2.5 server\bin folder& pasted into c:\program Files\magus\
> >
> > If I run the gbak from the normal 2.5 server version I don't get any errors& the restore/create works
> >
> > This works against the server version, Play.fdb is created
> > c:\Program Files\Firebird\\Firebird_2_5\bin\gbak -c -v -y c:\Magus\gbak.log –user SYSDBA –password masterkey c:\Magus\fbdb\ Empty_Magus\EmptySystem.fbk C:\ Magus\fbdb\PLAY.fdb
> >
> > This is against the embedded version, Play.fdb is not created
> > c:\Program Files\ Magus\gbak -c -v -y c:\Magus\gbak.log" c:\Program Files\Magus\fbdb\Empty_Magus\EmptySystem.fbk C:\Program Files\Magus\fbdb\PLAY.fdb
>
> Is this the real command-line usage? Because there is one double-quote
> etc., so it looks like there are some "typos".
>
> Basically, if there are spaces in the file name, then you have to
> surround that with double-quotes.
>
>
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Hi Thomas thanks for the response.
I just copied the statement from my code & didn't remove all the double backslash's & the end of string " indicator.
I do a ShowMessage just before running the gbak command to confirm I created the string correctly & both are clear of errors

Jack