Evening all,

> Check the release notes - I'm really not an expert in the shutdown modes.

There are details here in the gfix manual:
http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/user_manuals/html/gfix-dbstartstop.html

The "completely sdhut down the database" command would be:

gfix -shut full -attach 0 <database>

(That's a zero by the way)

A full shutdown prevents even sysdba from getting a connection.

Then check it with:

gstat -header <database> | grep Attributes
Attributes full shutdown

So, restarting it afterwards is just as simple:

gfix -online normal <database>

Might be useful to Raymond.



Cheers,
Norm.

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