Hi Huan,

> I'm running 2.1.3 classic.

Unfortunately, i only have 2.5 on both my OpenSuse and my Windows setup.
Your attachment to the list was stripped off, can you type what the ps
command showed for your gbak command while it was running please.

Mine, under 2.5, shows the following (all on one line):

/opt/firebird/bin/gbak -service localhost:service_mgr employee
/home/firebird/employee.fbk -user sysdba -password *********

And this was exactly the command I typed in - simply because -svc is
rejected.


Cheers,
Norman.

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