Wow, relax I wasn't attacking you at all. I use symlink and they show up in FTP all the time. And it doesn't require remounting everytime the system reboots.
I was offering an alternative that u thought you didnt know about perhaps, or knew of a performance reason not to, and certainly wasn't attacking you in any way. Steven J. Sumichrast On Feb 14, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Andy Wallace <[email protected]> wrote: > Why? because I used "ln -s <source> <target>" before but the > symlinked files didn't show on ftp. They were only visible in an > ssh console which is no more use than a chocolate firegaurd to me. > As far as I can tell "mount --bind <source> <target>" is better - > simples! > > With the mount command I get exactly what I need - the same files > symlinked but all viewable in ftp. Personally I'm happy with the > setup I have. > > Whichever method suits mate - I'm only trying to help - so get off > my case. > > --- On Sun, 14/2/10, Steven J. Sumichrast <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Steven J. Sumichrast <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Running multiple TF2 servers from one > install > To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" > <[email protected] > > > Date: Sunday, 14 February, 2010, 17:42 > > Why would you use mount and not just use "ln -s /source/path/folder > folder"? That's how I run all my servers with great success. > > I used to run all server from one install and load plugins for > sourcemod as needed. That became combersome quick though. Having > multiple instance folders all symlinked using the same common > directories works flawless for me. > > Steven J. Sumichrast > > On Feb 14, 2010, at 6:41 AM, Andy Wallace <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We set up our TF2 servers to work in just that way. Firstly you >> need to set up one location to store all the common files (e.g. >> maps, materials, sounds) then delete them from the individual server >> installs. Once done you can create a symlink in these empty >> gameserver folders to point to the shared folders (e.g. mount --bind >> <source folder> <target folder>.) This is not a permanent setup and >> will be lost if you reboot. I'm still learning linux and this is >> something I'm still working on. >> >> I'm considering cron the use of jobs to periodically renew these >> symlinks, but if anyone knows a better, more efficient way to do >> this I'll be glad to hear from them. Modifying fstab didn't pan out >> too well heh heh. >> >> We also created a series of symlinks and folders so that everything >> we need to run the servers are shown in one place (for easy ftp >> management.) For file storage this is by far the most efficient way >> to run TF2 servers we know. Our drive usage has shrunk considerably >> (virtually halved.) >> >> Hope this helps. As I said I'm still learning but if you need more >> help let me know. >> Andy Wallace >> >> --- On Sat, 13/2/10, bl4nk <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: bl4nk <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Running multiple TF2 servers from one >> install >> To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" >> <[email protected] >>> >> Date: Saturday, 13 February, 2010, 22:18 >> >> You can set the mapcycle file using the cvar "mapcyclefile". As for >> individual .cfgs, I'd say just get a plugin created that will execute >> configs from a different folder specified by a cvar (really easy to >> create, >> someone competent with SM coding can do it in no more than 5 >> minutes). >> >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Gene Hardesty >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> You might be able to accomplish that by using a single "real" copy >>> and >>> symlinks so you have a bunch of "virtual" dirs of tf2, all sharing >>> the base >>> files but have their own cfg files (aka, non-common files) >>> >>> Might be a pain to do and set up though. >>> >>> G. >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Peter Reinhold <[email protected] >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I found a mention from an earlier thread about running multiple >>>> instances of TF2 servers from one TF2 install dir, and that it >>>> seemed >>>> to work fine. (separate .cfg files, separate MOTD files etc) >>>> >>>> BUT, what about for instance mapcycle.cfg or individual map .cfg >>>> files? >>>> >>>> I haven't been able to spot a CVAR that controls those, and i'm >>>> thinking that running multiple servers will have all of those >>>> running >>>> the same mapcycles etc etc. >>>> >>>> So, will it be safer to just duplicate the whole install folder >>>> (disk >>>> space is not really an issue), or does anyone know if its possible >>>> to >>>> truly run multiple TF2s from a single base install dir? >>>> >>>> >>>> /Peter >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
