moving allbase files via cpio?

[Bill Hassell]

The answer is yes, Allbase (and any other database application) will not even know that the occupied blocks are different. Now it is possible for an insane programmer to bypass standard lseek and other 'normal' system calls and try to 'improve' performance by going inside the directory and looking at the details.

I've never seen this but it is certainly possible. The simplest solution is to copy the database files, rename the old and new locations and start the database, perhaps running an integrity test if one is provided.

[Jim Turner]

Success! It went off without a hitch. Thanks to all for the tips and encouragement.

Cheers,
Jim