Afternoon all, I can confirm that the online docs at http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/user_manuals/Firebird-gbak.pdf and http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/user_manuals/html/gbak.html have been updated at 16:15 ish (UTC) with the latest version which is release 1.7 dated 11 January 2013.
I've added a description of the stdin and stdout file names along with a number of "interesting" examples of their use, viz: * creating a local database clone without using an intermediate dump file. * creating a local clone of a remote database over an ssh connection. * cloning a local database to a remote server using an ssh connection. * cloning a remote database on one server, to another (different) server. If you click on the pdf link above, you should get the latest document. The html link appears cached on my system, but if should expire/refresh soon. Cheers, Norm. On 11/01/13 15:56, Steve Friedl wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm the writer of the blog post that raised this issue, I had already posted > an issue for the tracker before I blogged about it for Google. > > I believe that it's *only* a documentation issue, because even though the > behavior is somewhat unconventional for a UNIX/Linux system, it works now on > all the systems you support, and that means it's probably too painful (and > unnecessary) to change. > > It does occur to me that the code could be changed a bit so that if gbak > gets the EPIPE error, the failure message could somehow mention that, as it > would probably give a better searchable error, but mucking with the code is > a lot more work (and risk) than just enhancing the docs. > > I appreciate the consideration you folks have given to this issue. > > Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
