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Default disk locations

The following table describes the default disk locations for the components on Windows and Linux.

Warning

Firebird 1.0 still uses many of the same locations, component names and resource links as InterBase 6.x and prior versions of InterBase. Hence, it is not possible to run both a Firebird server and an InterBase server on the same machine with these versions - at least not at the same time. This restriction has been removed in Firebird 1.5.

Table 2. Components of the Firebird 1.0 installation

Platform

Component

File Name

Default Location

32-bit and 64-bit Windows

(Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, ...)

Installation directory

(referred to hereafter as <InstallDir>)

 

C:\Program Files\Firebird

Firebird server

ibserver.exe (SS only)

<InstallDir>\bin

Command-line tools

gbak.exe, gfix.exe, gstat.exe, etc.

<InstallDir>\bin

Sample database

employee.gdb

<InstallDir>\examples

User-defined function (UDF) libraries

ib_udf.dll & fbudf.dll

<InstallDir>\UDF

Firebird client

gds32.dll

Windows System directory

(see note below table)

Linux and possibly other UNIX distros

Installation directory

(referred to hereafter as <InstallDir>)

 

/opt/interbase

Firebird server

ibserver (SS) or gds_inet_server (CS)

<InstallDir>/bin

Command-line tools

gbak, gfix, gstat, etc.

<InstallDir>/bin

Sample database

employee.gdb

<InstallDir>/examples

UDF libraries

ib_udf.so

<InstallDir>/UDF

Firebird client

libgds.so.0 (binary), libgds.so (symlink)

/usr/lib

(actually, the real stuff is in <InstallDir>/lib, but you should use the links in /usr/lib)


Note

The exact path to the Windows System directory depends on your Windows version. Typical locations are:

  • for Windows 95/98/ME: C:\Windows\System

  • for Windows NT/2000: C:\WINNT\System32

  • for Windows XP: C:\Windows\System32

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