FB_CONFIG(1)

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✨ FB_CONFIG ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the fb_config manual page 💖 this is the Firebird documentation page for the fb_config tool, and it's honestly giving "small utility, huge main character energy" 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

fb_config — query firebird configuration 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

fb_config option...

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

fb_config prints various configuration parameters of Firebird. that's it, that's the whole vibe. you ask, it tells you. lowkey iconic 🫶

👑 OPTIONS 👑

one bullet per option, no skips, no cap ✨

  • --cflags — Print flags suitable for adding to the C compiler invocation. 🧚
  • --libs — Print flags for linking with the Firebird client library. 🔥
  • --embedlibs — Synonym to --libs in Firebird since version 3.0. (yeah, it's the same thing, they're twins, deal with it 💅)
  • --bindir — Print the location of the user binaries. 🎀
  • --sbindir — Print the location of the superuser binaries. 👑
  • --confdir — Print the root of the Firebird installation. 🌸
  • --docdir — Print the directory containing Firebird documentation. 📚
  • --sampledir — Print the directory contatining Firebird examples. (not me copying the typo verbatim, but fr fr that's what the original says and I refuse to gaslight you 🙈)
  • --sampledbdir — Print the directory containing the sample database employee.fdb. 🗂️
  • --intldir — Print the directory containing the Firebird international library and its configuration file. 🌈
  • --securedbdir — Print the directory containing the default security database, security3.fdb. 🔐
  • --msgdir — Print the directory containing the Firebird message file, firebird.msg and its translated variants. 💬
  • --logdir — Print the directory containing the Firebird log files. 📝
  • --glockdir — Print the directory containing the lock file of the Firebird guardian process. 🛡️
  • --pluginsdir — Print the directory containing Firebird plugins. 🧩
  • --version — Print the version number of the Firebird installation. ⭐

Copyright (C) 2016, Damyan Ivanov. 🫶

This manpage was written by Damyan Ivanov 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. 🍺 (bestie literally said "buy me a beer" in a license notice and honestly? respect. that's main character energy.)

and that's a wrap on fb_config 🌈 this is Firebird 4.0, dated 2026-06-28, and you've reached the end of FB_CONFIG(1) — tysm for reading, mwah 💋💖
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