[Freeciv] Load Command

[Martin Thompson <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know you'll have seen this question before, but since I've read the
FAQ and used the help system in version 1.11.4, and still can't load a
saved game, I thought I'd ask the question here.

The documentation seems inadequate or wrong, or I am missing something
obvious, but anyway: the help in my version says that to load a saved
game, I should start the server with a --file <filename> parameter
tagged on to it. It doesn't give me the name or the default location of
the executable (thanks) or the saved games (thanks again). Anyway, I
found this, and tried this:

/usr/bin/civserver-wrapper --file Egyptians.gz

Needless to say, it doesn't work. I tried it without the -wrapper bit
too. I tried it with some of its auto-saved .sav.gz files too. Nothing.
Sometimes the server loads, but when I subsequently join the game and
'start' it knows nothing of the saved game and starts a new one. The FAQ
says to use a -f parameter, but that doesn't work either (the server
doesn't even load).

Perhaps I should be reporting the lack of a Load command to the bugs
list? Sid Meier's game has a load command, after all. Sorry if I sound a
bit pissed off, but I am.
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Martin Thompson         martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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