Hello Dmitry, >>> I understood you as that regular gbak does not work when the database is >>> in use, so now you try the -se switch. >> >> That is correct, but as you can see, using -se resulted in an error. > >So what was the error using gbak without -se? And what was the command >line you used?
When connected to the database from another application, here: C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_3_0>gbak -b -m -t -v -user sysdba -pas masterkey "e:\temp\2014 FB Conference.fdb" "e:\temp\2014 FB Conference.bak" gbak: ERROR:I/O error during "CreateFile (open)" operation for file "E:\TEMP\201 4 FB CONFERENCE.FDB" gbak: ERROR: Error while trying to open file gbak: ERROR: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by a nother process. gbak:Exiting before completion due to errors Now, when NOT connected from another application, the above command runs just fine. >> where does the docs say to use the host before 'service_mgr' instead of >> the (source) database string? > >InterBase API Guide, page 202. I have to look in the >>API guide<< for using a command line tool? Here's where I looked (which is what Google pointed me to) http://firebirdsql.org/manual/gbak-cmdline.html#gbak-cmdline-backup >>> Did you try using filenames without embedded spaces (and thus without >>> quotes)? > >> No, cause the database name contains spaces ;) > >Is it too hard to rename it? I'm trying to reduce the possible reasons >but you insist. OK, tried that. Connected to the renamed database from another application, ran this statement: C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_3_0>gbak -b -m -t -se martijn-ws-dev/3054:service_mgr -v -user sysdba -pas masterkey "e:\temp\2014_FB_Conference.fdb" "e:\temp\2014_FB_Conference.bak" (still used quotes, changed spaces into underscores) It ran just fine. >> Could that be the cause of the multiple sources/destinations error? If >> so, >> I'll take it this is a parsing error in gbak? > >It could be, but it should be proved. See above. Strangely enough, it fails when using -se, but not without using -se. With regards, Martijn Tonies Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com
