> In Fb 1.5 a user application doesn't need to know the path to the
> security
> database, or any database. Whether you invoke a command-line
> utility from
> a remote client, or use the Services API, you can use an alias.

<snip>

>
> ./heLen
>

getting users to install aliases (i.e. get them to type into a file) is far
more prone to error then just asking the server where the file is. It's too
simple to use the API and there's no errors.
Alan