[Freeciv] Re: Load Command

[Martin Thompson <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

13:25:20 Mon, 20 Aug 2001
Reinier Post at Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 09:06:46AM +0100, Martin Thompson wrote:
>It doesn't give me the name or the default location of
>> the executable (thanks)
>
>you'd have to look in the README that comes with your binary distrution,
>
OK; I'd better check that out...

>> or the saved games (thanks again).
>
>The current directory.  Yes, that is an omission.
>
>> /usr/bin/civserver-wrapper --file Egyptians.gz
>> 
>> Needless to say, it doesn't work.
>
>Needless?  What is the error message?  Is Egyptians.gz a saved game,
>scenario file, or world map?
>
There is no error message. It starts as normal, but not loading the
game. Egyptians.gz is a saved game.

>> I tried it without the -wrapper bit
>> too.
>
>'civserver-wrapper' is not distributed with Freeciv.
>But I just found it on a RedHat system:
>
Correct; I have a RedHat distribution. Uh-oh...

>% rpm -qf /usr/bin/civserver-wrapper
>freeciv-1.11.4-2
>
>So put the blame on the RedHat package author.
>
Fair enough.

>> I tried it with some of its auto-saved .sav.gz files too. Nothing.
>
>civserver-wrapper turns out to be rather primitive;
>it fails to pass its arguments.
>
I'll try it with just civserver, although I thought I'd done that. Maybe
I'll download the latest version anyway and dispense with the RedHat
version altogether.

>Another wrapper script ('ser') *is* distributed with Freeciv.
>I use one of my own design 'cs' that automatically creates a private
>subdirectory to store savefiles and everything else.  It is also used
>on civserver.freeciv.org.  Why don't we distribute this with the source
>tree?
>
That looks like a good idea to me. I don't want junk in my home
directory.

>> 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.
>
>As far as I know, that's simply impossible.
>
If parameters are not being passed, then I guess that explains it. I'm
off to try just civserver and maybe to download the latest non-RH
version if that doesn't work...

Thanks to all that helped with my question.


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