> The appliciable code:
> File library = new File("jaybird21.dll");
> String libraryPath = library.getAbsolutePath();
> System.load(libraryPath);

Hmmm... I will think whether this is ok or not and what consequences it
can have considering different combination of PATH/LD_LIBRARY_PATH and
FIREBIRD variables...

> Altough this makes the application no longer platform independant, a
> work around should be possible (e.g System.getProperty("os.name"))

Yes, this workaround is possible.

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