Yes, I have the tools, isql, gsec etc etc, in the directory as stated.
This may sound really stupid but how to run them? I'm using x11 with
tcsh. and when i just type in "isql" it says "tcsh: isql: command not
found"

thanks
maurice

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Milan Babuskov <albis@e...>
wrote:

> Maurice Ling wrote:
> > I'm not too sure if this had been asked... I've installed FB 1.01 on
> > my powerbook. It got installed in
> > /library/frameworks/firebird.frameworks. Because it has no tools or
> > front-ends, how can I use it to access and use my .gdb files? And
> > develop on it?
> >
> > Is there anyone who had tried it and can offer some help?
>
> You should have isql, gbak, gsec and other tools to get you starting.
> Read IB6 Operations Guide to learn how to work with those tools.
>
> For GUI access, AFAIK there's a PHP and Apache version for Mac, so you
> could install that, and ibWebAdmin, so you can interface wirh your
> database via web browser.
>
> For development, there's IBPP library (www.ibpp.org), which will soon
> (matter of days) be ported to Mac. Actually, it already works, just
> needs some testing. You can join ibpp-discuss group at sourceforge to
> talk about it.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Milan Babuskov
> http://fbexport.sourceforge.net