Thanks for the explanations.
I'll try with separate FIREBIRD directories and softlinks to the "lib"
and "bin".
That should work, shouldnt it ?
Then config, security db and lock files are separated, while the
binaries and libs are shared.
/Thekla

Dmitry Yemanov wrote:

>"Ann W. Harrison" <aharrison@...> wrote:
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>>>Would that require separate installations or can they run from the same
>>>installation tree ?
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>>You would need separate configuration files, but can run the same
>>executables by using links.
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>And they would step on each other's lock tables. If multiple instances run
>from the single installation tree, they need different FIREBIRD_LOCK envvar
>values.
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