fireflock

Scripts to build Firebird embedded environments.

Overview

These scripts download, set up, and create databases for each version of the Firebird database server using the embedded engine.

Ideal for test automation scenarios. Since each environment is self-contained, you can avoid conflicts with any pre-existing Firebird installation.

For Linux (bash) and Windows (Powershell).

Scripts

Rebuild-Environment

./rebuild-environment.sh

./Rebuild-Environment.ps1

Downloads all required binaries into a temporary folder (/tmp/fireflock on Linux or $env:TEMP/fireflock on Windows).

There are no parameters. But you may change the FIREFLOCK_ROOT variable in settings.sh / Settings.ps1 if you wish to use another location for binaries.

This script completely obliterates the contents of the FIREFLOCK_ROOT folder and rebuilds it again.

Rebuild-Databases

./rebuild-databases.sh [-t|--target <target-folder>] [-p|--prefix <prefix>] [--pagesize <n>] [--charset <c>]

./Rebuild-Databases.ps1 [[-Target] <string>] [[-Prefix] <string>] [[-PageSize] <int>] [[-Charset] <string>] [<CommonParameters>]

Builds one (empty) database for each Firebird version.

Using parameters, you may set:

• the target folder (--target, default $FIREFLOCK_ROOT)
• a prefix for each database name (--prefix, default test)
• the database page size (--pagesize, default 8192)
• the database default charset (--charset, default UTF8)

If a database with the same name already exists in the target folder, it will be deleted and rebuilt again.