On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Erik Southworth <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:42 AM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Why don't you specify a path, other than . or ./blabla? Like > > /home/user/server/hl2mp into the -dir option. > > > > -ics > > > > 10.7.2010 13:42, Jesse Molina kirjoitti: > > > > > >> Hello > >> > >> I'm doing this; > >> > >> sudo -u steamuser ./steam -command update -game hl2mp -dir > >> ./hl2mp-whatever > > > > > >> And, my CPU core goes to 100% and the command does nothing. I have to > >> TERM it to stop, and no files have been created. > >> > >> > >> > >> sudo -u steamuser ./steam -command update -game hl2mp -dir . > >> > >> This works fine. > >> > >> > >> > >> Is the steam binary too stupid to install anywhere but the local > >> directory? If so, why offer the -dir argument? > >> > >> So, I guess if I want multiple servers installed, I need multiple > >> directories each with their own steam binary? That's the impression > that I > >> am getting. > >> > > > [on Linux]: I use a wrapper to install steam only once < > http://srcds.info/steam.html>. The wrapper forces all PATHs absolute for > convenience of itself. If you want multiple servers, it's easy to make a > master folder and copy the folder recursively to other folders or "Even > better, than copying a whole directory tree, is to use the –symbolic-link > (-s) option of the GNU cp utility, (e.g., cp -s SOURCE DEST). This creates > a > shadow directory with symbolic links instead of duplicating files. We can > then safely replace individual symbolic links with copies of the actual > files we wish to modify. This also makes it easy to determine which > modifications belong to us and require backup." > > Sounds like a good use case for a UnionFS mount or other copy-on-write setup. > > > > > >> I'm a noob at Steam servers/HLDS, so maybe this is just common > knowledge, > >> but googling didn't find me anything on the subject, and I've read > multiple > >> how-tos that mentioned using a specified "-dir ./whatever". > >> > >> It's noteworthy that I did install some game servers in a "-dir tf2" > >> recently, so I know it's not completely broken, it wasn't in previous > steam > >> binary versions. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > -- > Erik S > _______________________________________________ > 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
