[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Background Freeciv Server

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On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 07:18:14PM +0200, Erik Sigra wrote:

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> freeciv@host:~/freeciv >civserver save 4000b00
> Game saved as 4000b00.gz
> freeciv@host:~/freeciv >

Wow.  Nice idea.  But I'm not sure I like it on second thought.

> The pros would be:
> 
> * No more need for a special Freeciv command prompt. We would have
> readline support automatically through the shell. One less library
> dependence.

This is a big plus.
 
> * You can run other commands in the same terminal window. ('ls' to see
> what savegame files there are, start and stop background music with your
> favourite music player, look at savegames with 'less' (god forbid :-),
> start emacs, whatever other commands you want)

This seems irrelevant to me.  Just use a different terminal window.

> * No need for using 'civserver -r script'. A shell script would do.
> Civserver scripting could be done as shell scripting.

Aargh!  There goes security.  This seems a fatal drawback to me.

> The cons would be:
> 
> * A little more to type.

Aliases?

But what about client side server commands?

> Erik Sigra
 
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