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.\" Freeciv - Copyright (C) 1996 - A Kjeldberg, L Gregersen, P Unold
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.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
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.TH FREECIV 6 "July 1st 2004"
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civserver \- The server for the Freeciv game
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[ -d|--debug \fIlevel\fP ] \
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[ -f|--file \fIsavegame\fP ] [ -g|--gamelog \fIgamelog\fP ] [ -h|--help ] \
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[ -i|--info \fIinfo\fP ] [ -l|--log \fIlogfile\fP ] [ -m|--meta ] \
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[ -M|--Metaserver \fIserver\fP ] [ -p|--port \fIport\fP ] \
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[ -q|--quitidle \fIseconds\fP ] \
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[ -r|--read \fIfile\fP ] [ -v|--version ]
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Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player
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becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal:
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To become the greatest civilization.
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Players of Civilization II\*R by Microprose\*R should feel at home, since one
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aim of Freeciv is to have compatible rules.
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Freeciv is maintained by an international team of coders and enthusiasts, and is
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easily one of the most fun and addictive network games out there!
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This is the server program used to establish a Freeciv server - See also
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This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details
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of the directives necessary to configure
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see the Server Manual which can be found at
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http://www.freeciv.org/
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as well as the documentation which is part of the Freeciv distribution.
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The following options are accepted on the command line of the server. They may
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not be combined; that is, "civserver -fp savegame.sav 555" will not work,
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instead you would need to enter "civserver -f savegame.sav -p 555". All options
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have a short form (single hyphen and single letter) and a long form (double
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hyphen and a complete word); their effects are identical.
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Sets the amount of debugging information to be logged in the file named by the
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option. The number should be 0 for fatal errors only, 1 for fatal and normal
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messages, 2 for fatal, normal, and debugging messages, or 3 for very verbose
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Loads a saved game into the server before initialization, instead of starting a
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new game. This is for reloading saved games, or for loading scenarios.
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Defines a log file to be produced during processing. This is a game progress
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log of game-related events recording the activities of the players.
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Prints out a description of the command line options and exits.
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Extra info to be sent to the metaserver.
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Defines a log file to be produced during processing. Use the
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option to set how much is logged.
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Directs the server to communicate with a metaserver, a place where Freeciv
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servers can publish their presence. Freeciv clients consult the metaserver to
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offer users a selection of games to join.
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.BI "-M, --Metaserver"
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Sets the metaserver address.
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Specifies the TCP port number to which clients will connect; players must know
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this number to be able to connect if they are not to use the default of 5555
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decimal. You may need to use this if 5555 is not available for your use on your
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Quit if no players present for the given number of seconds.
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Specifies a file of server commands which the server will automatically read and
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process, as if you had typed them in at the server's prompt.
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Causes the server to display its version number and exit.
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civserver --file oldgame.sav --port 2244
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civserver -g gamelog -l logfile -r script -f oldgame.sav.gz
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You may enter commands into the server at any time, either before or during the
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Type "help" or "help help" for starters.
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The Freeciv server requires the following files in the Freeciv data directory,
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which on Debian systems is
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.I /usr/share/games/freeciv/
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.I default/buildings.ruleset
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.I default/techs.ruleset
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.I default/units.ruleset
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These are the default rule sets used for the game. Alternate sets of rules can
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be installed with the option settings "techs", "units", and "buildings", each of
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which provides a name to replace the directory name "default".
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The Freeciv server accepts these environment variables:
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A string containing a list of "capabilities" provided by the server. The
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compiled-in default should be correct for most purposes, but if you are familiar
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with the capability facility in the source you may use it to enforce some
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constraints between clients and server.
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A colon separated list of directories pointing to the
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data directory. By default freeciv looks in the following directories, in order,
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for any data files: the current directory; the "data" subdirectory of the
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current directory; the subdirectory ".freeciv" in the user's home directory; and
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the directory where the files are placed by running "make install".
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.BI FREECIV_LOCAL_ENCODING
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The local encoding to be used.
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Set this variable accordingly when using a proxy.
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Please report bugs to
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http://rt.freeciv.org/
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The Freeciv homepage is located at
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http://www.freeciv.org/
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Updates and new info is first posted there.
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The Freeciv Team <freeciv-dev AT freeciv.org>.
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This manpage was put together by Florian Ernst <florian_ernst AT gmx.net> using
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the Server Manual and the comments in the sourcecode. Feel free to use it as
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and the Server Manual on the Freeciv homepage.
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