lordsawar-game-host-client - Man Page

administer or query a game host server

Synopsis

lordsawar-game-host-client [OPTION...] HOST

Description

A command-line tool to manage a LordsAWar! game host server located at HOST.  Start hosting new games, stop hosting games, or ask it for a list of hosted games.

-p,  --profile ID

Use this identity to make requests to the remote server.  The ID looks like a guid.

-h,  --host FILE

Ask the server to host a new game.  This command uploads FILE to the remote server begins a new game with it.  FILE is .map scenario file.

-u,  --unhost ID

Ask the server to stop hosting a game.  The ID looks like a guid.

-p, --port NUMBER

Connect to the remote server on the given port.

-t,  --terminate

Ask the server to stop.  The games continue to be hosted, but our ability to control them (or host new games), goes away until the server starts back up.

-r,  --reload

Ask the server to reload it's list of hosted games from disk.

-l,  --list

Ask the server to show a list of games it is hosting.

-?,  --help

Give this help list.

When --profile is not specified, the first profile in profiles.xml is used by default. When a --port is not specified, port 22998 is assumed. When HOST is not specified on the command-line, 127.0.0.1 is assumed.

Files

~/.lordsawarrc

The configuration file.

~/.lordsawar/profiles.xml

The data file representing the list of profiles.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <lordsawar-discuss@nongnu.org>.

Info

June 2014 lordsawar 0.3.0 Games