2011/8/16 Lester Caine <lester@...>

> A number of applications use firebird as their database, so it's a little
> difficult to speculate.

yes

> Do you have a 'firebird' directory in /etc or
> alternatively in /usr/lib(64) ...

not under MacOsX ;)
under MacOsx you have to look at :
/Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/var/aliases.conf

> either of these may have an aliases.conf file
> which will then point to the actual database file, and the name of the alias or
> the file it's point at might help identify the application.