FIBS is a lightweight, solid and fast scheduler so as to meet most backup-tasks-needs. It uses firebird/interbase command line tool gbak.exe to backup safetly and mirrors it to any other disc or computer for extra protection against backup-disc crash. FIBS can create GZip compatible compressed backup files if user want to save backup disc space.
One of the noticable feature of FIBS is that it has multi-threaded architecture. Every backup process (including zipping) is executed in a separate thread. That is, there is no serialisation of backup process including compressing. Although this means that high grade concurrency is given to users to make them free to set lots of backup tasks just the same time, the main advantages resulted multi-threaded architecture is that backup tasks cannot be plugged by the others in trouble. Definitely this is a must-have for a reliable backup scheduling.
FIBS is designed to run on Win32 environment and to backup local and remote databases.

- FIBS supports all Firebird and Interbase versions.
- FIBS can run either as a desktop application or as a Windows Service.
- FIBS can backup local or remote databases.
- FIBS is designed to solve daily backup needs. So it uses daily rotated schedule.
- FIBS uses Gbak.exe to backup databases. So it’s safe and fast.
- FIBS supports two basic backup file preserving styles: preserving defined number of backup files and preserving newer than an age.
- FIBS can create compressed backups in GZip format for compact results.
- FIBS can create compressed backup for databases greater than 4GB in size.
- FIBS doesn’t need any dll or anything else for compressing.
- FIBS creates incrementally named backup files.
- FIBS can check validity of databases before backup.
- FIBS uses Gfix.exe with -v -n switches to validate databases. So it’s also safe and fast...
- FIBS can mirror backup files up to 3 different destination.
- FIBS can mirror backup files onto ftp servers.
- FIBS can send email notification if any error occurs.
- FIBS has built-in SMTP server to send mails.
- FIBS can run external files (batch, executables) to make it possible for users to carry out extra tasks related with the last backups.
- FIBS produces separate logs for each task.
- FIBS appeares only in the primary monitor but not all monitors in multi-monitored systems.
- FIBS stores preferences and tasks data in two seperate text database in CSV format.

FIBS 1.0.0 - 05.01.2005
* First release at 07.03.2005

FIBS 1.0.1 - 31.03.2005
* GBak.exe existence control routine is improved.

FIBS 1.0.2 - 05.04.2005
* Fixed a serious scheduling bug that FIBS can not execute backup tasks with some
regional settings.

FIBS 1.0.3 - 22.04.2005
* Fixed bug that 1.0.2 and previous versions could not create backup file when FIBS installation directory name includes some chars e.g "space".
* Changed the temporary directory to windows TEMP
* Revisions.text added to pack.

FIBS 1.0.4 - 27.05.2005
* Fixed bugs related with database path which includes space(s).
* Tray Icon's "Show FIBS" routine improved.

FIBS 1.0.5 - 02.06.2005
* Fixed bugs that FIBS cannot create backup file for uncompressed task if task name includes space task name which includes space(s).
* Tray Icon's "Show FIBS" routine improved.

FIBS 1.0.6 - 05.08.2005
* Fixed bugs that FIBS cannot create zipped backup file for databases greater than some 100MB in size.
* Compressed file format is changed as GZip (*.GZ).
* Licence is changed. FIBS is a pure FREEWARE now.
* Some minor improvement and code cleaning has been done.

FIBS 1.0.7 - 06.10.2005
* Windows locale hangling improved.
* "Tray icon disappearing after refreshing the system tray " is fixed.


FIBS 1.0.8 - 13.03.2006
* Backup error handling improved.
* FIBS can mirror backup file up to 3 different destination.
* FIBS can mirror backup file onto ftp servers.
* Tray Icon's "Show FIBS" routine improved.
* Some minor improvement and code cleaning..

FIBS 1.0.9 - 08.04.2006
* Backup preserving routines fixed.

FIBS 1.0.10 - 28.04.2006
* After restarting fibs by autorun, help file cannot be opened by clicking help menu. Fixed.
* When fibs is forced to close by Windows, from now on, no confirmation dialog will be shown for silence closing.
* Some minor improvement and code cleaning has been done.

FIBS 1.0.11 - 06.05.2006
* Tasks which includes space char(s) in its name, couldn't been executed. Fixed.
* Some minor improvement and code cleaning has been done.

FIBS 1.0.12 - 21.05.2006
* Error handling improved..
* tasks.dat's on disk structure is changed to make it compatible to FIBS 1.1.0 version's.
* When fibs is forced to close by Windows, from now on, no confirmation dialog will be shown for silence closing.
* Some improvements and code cleaning has been done.

FIBS 2.0.0 - June 27, 2006
* Added that FIBS can be runned as a Windows service.
* Added that FIBS can validate databases before backup.
* Email notification feature added.
* External file execution feature added.
* FIBS supports active and passive mode ftp connections.
* Data files format changed.
* Print Log function has been added.
* Some improvements and code cleaning has been done.

FIBS 2.0.1 - July 24, 2006   
* Thanks to Julien Ferraro, fixed the weird scheduling bug which has been troubled some user.
* Fixed the bug which caused exception when the last task was tried to delete. Thanks alot to tJey for bug reporting.

FIBS 2.0.2 - July 29, 2006   
* Removed annoying message which is shown before opening the BrowseFolderDialog  when it is clicked the button of BackupDir, MirrorDirs etc.
  Thanks a lot to Julien Ferraro for this request.

Any problems, doubts or suggestions about FIBS ? Post it to the support forum or email me at dogantalat@yahoo.com