0.2.9-sty+ct_alpha_r758 --input problem

[LOVER$BOY]

hey there!

I'm running the server version: 0.2.9-sty+ct_alpha_r758 unix dedicated

Lately when I tried using --input "path/to/file", the server doesn't read the data streaming to the file.

Is this a fixable problem?

[Jip]

Do you append to the file or whipe it before writing?
It will only work if you append to the file.

[LOVER$BOY]

im appending to the file... is that the problem?

[Jip]

im appending to the file... is that the problem?

It will only work if you append to the file.

Doublecheck your path? Sorry, can't help more.

[LOVER$BOY]

ya I double checked the path but it isn't working.

The only way it is working right now is by using tail -n0 -f -s 0.01 $cmd | $tron | tee $log but I don't like to use tail because for some reason the server isn't restarting when it crashes and im thinking it's got something to do with tail being in there...

[LOVER$BOY]

ya I double checked the path but it isn't working.

The only way it is working right now is by using tail -n0 -f -s 0.01 $cmd | $tron | tee $log but I don't like to use tail because for some reason the server isn't restarting when it crashes and im thinking it's got something to do with tail being in there...

[LOVER$BOY]

ya I double checked the path but it isn't working.

The only way it is working right now is by using tail -n0 -f -s 0.01 $cmd | $tron | tee $log but I don't like to use tail because for some reason the server isn't restarting when it crashes and im thinking it's got something to do with tail being in there...

[LOVER$BOY]

damit ... i got laged and posted too many times

[vov]

ya I double checked the path but it isn't working.

The only way it is working right now is by using tail -n0 -f -s 0.01 $cmd | $tron | tee $log but I don't like to use tail because for some reason the server isn't restarting when it crashes and im thinking it's got something to do with tail being in there...

I didn't know about input and had made a hacky (and now lost, can't post it because of that, sorry ) addition to that tail -n0.... script which checked like every few minutes if the server was still running, if not, it killed all the other stuff and started over. Maybe that's an idea for a workaround.

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-d, --daemon                 : allow the dedicated server to run as a daemon
                               (will not poll for input, unless overridden by --input)
--input <file>               : Poll for input from this file in addition to/instead of
                              (if -d is also given) stdin. Can be used multiple times.

Does it work with -d and --input? I don't think it will make any difference but don't know, maybe it's that.

[LOVER$BOY]

so u want me to try

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$tron -d --input $file

[vov]

Hmm never mind, I tested --input and it works perfectly with executing server (same version as you) and parser (something that outputs a test message when i enter) via

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tail -n0 -f -s 0.01 $ladderlog | $parser | tee -a $foo

(exactly like here) and

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$tron --userconfigdir $userconfigdir --vardir $var --input $foo

with the --input, where $foo is the file the server reads from.

Maybe it has problems with $file because "file" is a console command as well.
If you're writing to the file from the parser in another way than this quick&dirty test, it's that part which fails, --input is fine.
If you basically have the same code, well, triple check the path.
I don't know if it cares for absolute/relative paths, I used the absolute path for $foo in the test (/home/username/testfile in that case).

Edit: whoops, fixed the code blocks

[LOVER$BOY]

well $file was just an example but im using currently:

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#!/bin/bash

loc="/home/arma/loverboy/alpha2/"
tron=$loc"bin/armagetronad-dedicated"
server=$loc"server/"
vardir=$loc"var/"
log=$server"console.log"
cmd=$server"cmd.txt"         
                                 
mkdir $server"logs"
screen -S racingserver -X logtstamp on
screen -S racingserver -X logfile $server"logs/"racingserver.log
screen -S racingserver -X log on

while true; do
	tail -n0 f -s 0.01 $cmd | $tron --vardir $vardir | tee -a $log
	echo "======================== Server Restarting ========================" >> $log
	sleep 5
done

so I replace tail line with

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$tron --input $cmd --vardir $vardir | tee -a $log

you think that's the way to go about it?

[vov]

so I replace tail line with

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$tron --input $cmd --vardir $vardir | tee -a $log

you think that's the way to go about it?

Exactly. At least that's what worked for me.

[LOVER$BOY]

right I'll see if it works now.

[LOVER$BOY]

No, it didn't work...

BTW, appending to the file as in like this?:

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tail -n0 -f -s 0.01 $ladderlog | php ./script.php >> $cmd

Is that the way you're talking about Jip?