---
name: "flamerobin"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "flamerobin"
version: "0.9.13.ds.2-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/flamerobin"
---

# flamerobin(1)

management and data manipulation tool for the Firebird DBMS

## NAME

**flamerobin** – management and data manipulation tool for the Firebird DBMS

## SYNOPSIS

**flamerobin** \[ **-h** *directory* **--home**=*directory*\] \[ **-uh** *directory* **--user-home**=*directory*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**flamerobin** is a graphical frontend to the Firebird DBMS. It is small and simple, yet offers all the basic features needed to create and manipulate databases, execute queries and perform administrative tasks.

This manual page only documents the run-time options and environment of **flamerobin**. Information about using the GUI may be obtained by selecting the Help - Manual menu item once the application is running.

**flamerobin** uses two directory hierarchies for its normal operation. The *data* *directory* contains the templates for property pages, the default configuration and the on-line documentation grouped into three sub-directories as follows:

- *conf-defs*

  default configuration

- *docs*

  on-line documentation

- *html-templates*

  templates for property pages

The *user* *home* *directory* contains the per-user configuration, comprising three entries:

- *fr\_databases.conf*

  this file stores the user's registered databases.

- *fr\_settings.conf*

  this file stores the user's preferences related to the **flamerobin** GUI.

- *history*

  this directory holds the SQL statement history, one item per file.

**flamerobin** accepts several options, which are described as follows:

- **-h** *directory*

  - **--home**=*directory*

  Use *directory* as the *data* *directory* (but see ENVIRONMENT below).

- **-uh** *directory*

  - **--user-home**=*directory*

  Use *directory* as the *user* *home* *directory* (but see ENVIRONMENT and CAVEATS below).

## ENVIRONMENT

- FR\_HOME

  Specifies an alternate location for the **flamerobin** *data* *directory*.

  If both **-h** (or **--home**) and this environment variable are set, the command line argument takes precedence.

- FR\_USER\_HOME

  Specifies an alternate location for the **flamerobin** *user* *home* *directory*.

  If both **-uh** (or **--user-home**) and this environment variable are set, the command line argument takes precedence.

## FILES

- */usr/share/flamerobin*

  The default **flamerobin** *data* *directory*.

- *~/.flamerobin*

  The default **flamerobin** *user* *home* *directory*.

## AUTHORS

**flamerobin** was written by The FlameRobin Development Team ⟨*http://www.flamerobin.org/*⟩.

## CAVEATS

**flamerobin** only writes files under the *user* *home* *directory*. If **flamerobin** is configured so that this directory and the files contained therein are shared among several users or concurrent instances of **flamerobin**, no precaution is taken to avoid overwriting settings created by other users or other application instances.

## NOTES

The specification of the *data* *directory* and the *user* *home* *directory* (regardless of whether they occur in the environment or on the command line) may be the literal string “$app” which translates to a common data folder determined at compilation time, or “$user” which translates to the user local data directory. These options currently have effect only on Windows platform.