NAME

       nbackup - Physical backup manager for Firebird

SYNOPSIS

       nbackup -L|-U|-F database common options
       nbackup -B level database [file] common options
       nbackup -R database [file0 [file1...]] common options

DESCRIPTION

       nbackup  allows  making  incremental  backups  of firebird databases. It also allows database files to be
       locked for copying with OS tools like cp(1)

OPTIONS

       -L database
           Locks database for filesystem copy.

       -U database
           Unlocks previously locked database.

       -F database
           Fixup database after filesystem copy.

       -B level database [filename]
           Create incremental backup of level level. Level 0 means full backup. Level N includes all the changes
           since the last backup of level N.

       -R database [file0 [file1...]]
           Restore incremental backup. file0 is the level 0 backup, file1 is the level 1 backup and so on.

COMMON OPTIONS

       -U user
           User name for connecting to the firebird server.

       -P password
           Password for connecting to the firebird server.

SEE ALSO

       gbak(1)

       Additional documentation about nbackup and other Firebird utilities can be found on the Firebird  Project
       website, <http://www.firebirdsql.org>.

AUTHOR

       Original  idea  is  of  Sean  Leyne  sean@broadviewsoftware.com.   Designed  and  implemented by Nickolay
       Samofatov skidder@bssys.com.  This work was funded through a grant from BroadView Software, Inc.

       This manual page was written by Damyan Ivanov  dmn@debian.org  for  the  Debian  project.  Permission  is
       granted to use this document, with or without modifications, provided that this notice is retained. If we
       meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return.

Firebird 2.5                                       2014-02-28                                         NBACKUP(1)