This is far from a simple request and would require fundamental changes to gbak. Gbak is a logical dump of database contents that when restored creates a new database. What would a restore of a partial backup create? A partial database? An overwritten old database?
What benefit would this feature bring? Regards, Ann > On May 15, 2017, at 9:44 AM, Pavel Zotov (JIRA) <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Add ability to backup/restore only those (several) tables which are > enumerated as command line argument (pattern) > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: CORE-5538 > URL: http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-5538 > Project: Firebird Core > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Engine, GBAK > Reporter: Pavel Zotov > Priority: Trivial > > > gbak -? 2>&1 | findstr /i /c:"skip" > > -SKIP_D(ATA) <pattern> skip data for all tables which are specified in > the <pattern> > > This command switch is useful when we want to skip SEVERAL but leave DOZEN of > tables, but it does NOT allow to solve opposite task: when we need to b/r > only several tables of their huge total number. > Please consider to implement command-line switch like this: > > -SKIP_E(CEPT) <pattern> skip data for all tables EXCEPT those which are > specified in the <pattern> > > -- where <pattern> must follow SIMILAR_TO logic and rules. > > > -- > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > - > If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: > http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/secure/Administrators.jspa > - > For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
