The way you have it written, cc-server is the user and srcds is the name of the screen. Is this correct? If it is, this might work better:
su - cc-server -c "screen -S srcds -X eval 'stuff sm_csay test\015'" - Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Crazy Canucks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, December 8, 2008 9:50 pm Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] rcon command linux To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list <[email protected]> > Regrettably, I can't get it to work. This is the command I used: > > su -c "screen -S srcds -X eval 'stuff sm_csay test\015'" cc-server > > Any idea why it isn't working? No error message, and the > screen name is > correct, but when I look at the console, there is nothing there. > > Drek > > David Parker wrote: > > Glad it helped. It's really handy to use in cron jobs if > you want to automate things on your server. I use it in a > cron job to put our TF2 server into birthday mode every Thursday > (and switch it back to regular mode every Friday). > > > > - Dave > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Crazy Canucks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Monday, December 8, 2008 7:14 pm > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] rcon command linux > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > <[email protected]>> > > > >> Thanks a lot for this. I've wanted a way for my shut > down > >> script to > >> send shutdown warnings to my server. I figured there > had > >> to be a way, > >> but I couldn't figure it out last time I took a stab at > >> it. :) > >> > >> Cheers, Drek > >> > >> David A. Parker wrote: > >> > >>> You can send commands to a running screen like so: > >>> > >>> screen -S myscreen -X eval 'stuff stats\015' > >>> > >>> This would send "stats" followed by a return (\r) to the > >>> > >> screen named > >> > >>> "myscreen". You'll see it on the console if you attach > >>> > >> to myscreen > >> > >>> afterward. I don't know of a way to capture the output > >>> > >> on a screen, though. > >> > >>> - Dave > >>> > >>> Joseph Laws wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> I imagine that would still be logged. > >>>> > >>>> Marcel wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Is there a way to store the actual "screen" in a variable > or > >>>>> > >> text file? > >> > >>>>> It would be cool to "send" a command like "stats" to the > >>>>> > >> screen and get > >> > >>>>> the output of it. Where the first "problem" would be to > >>>>> > >> automatically > >> > >>>>> attach to the screen, enter command, detach the screen and > >>>>> > >> then get the > >> > >>>>> content of the screen. This sould be done by a bash script. > >>>>> This way you'd be able to generate nice mrtg graphs about > >>>>> > >> fps etc. > >> > >>>>> *without* the rcon password and without logging of the access. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> - Marcel > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the > list > >>>>> > >> archives, please visit: > >> > >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the > list > >>>> > >> archives, please visit: > >> > >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> archives, please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
