10.02.2015 15:00, Glenn Thomas Hvidsten wrote: > And by using the following command the database seems to be shut down: > > gfix -user SYSDBA -pas masterkey -shut full -force 0 C:\Database\MyDB.fdb > > This works to some degree as I can’t connect to the database (using DB > Workbench), but the shutdown still leaves “something” hanging as the > file is still in use and I can neither move nor rename it. > > Why isn’t this command working properly and what can I do to shut down > the database so that I can rename it (in order to restore a backup). > > This is Firebird 2.1 on a Windows server with the default installation > parameters.
Prior ro v2.5, database shutdown is not expected to "unlock" the database at the filesystem level. It just interrupts any activity but user sessions may remain connected. Dmitry
