Something like this could be done with some scripting, but finding a trigger would be the tough. Without looking into this at all, What i would do is make a script and use qstat to check if the server is empty and if it is have it restart the server, just set a cronjob to whatever script you made. Thats one solution for automated updates, triggering it right when an update comes out would be harder since well, you need a trigger. Thats my quick take on it atleast. If you need and help lemme know.
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Nathan D. <[email protected]> wrote: > Currently, when auto-update is turned on and updates to a game are > released, we have to manually restart our server(s) so that auto-update > will update the server during start up. Because we have to manually > restart, there is X amount of time before our server(s) are updated and > are usually empty since most of the clients have already updated. > > A suggestion of mine would be to make auto-update 1.) aware when updates > are released and 2.) know when the server has players in it or not. > Therefore, when auto-update knows there is an update available and > realizes the server is empty, it could automatically issue the "exit" > command to restart the server so that auto-update will run. > > In the meantime while Valve considers my suggestion, does anyone know > some sort of practical way to have the server restart itself when an > update is available? For someone who runs many servers, it is a slight > hassle to restart each server manually so that auto-update can run. > > My apologies if something relative to this has already been discussed; I > just re-joined the mailing list after many years of being unsubscribed. > > -Nate > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > -- Stephen Leacock<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/stephen_leacock.html> - "I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so." _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
