2 .\" Note: Options specific to the native Windows port are suppressed
3 .\" unless you format with non-zero number register w, e.g. by
4 .\" supplying -rw1 to nroff.
6 emp_server \- Empire server
27 .BI \-I " service-name"
37 .BI \-U " service-name"
41 is a daemon which listens to the Empire port for players connecting to
42 the game. For more information on the game of Empire, see the info
43 pages within the game.
47 Debug mode. This will prevent the server from forking itself into the
48 background. Implies -E abort. You normally want to use this flag if
51 from within a debugger.
54 Use game configuration in \fIconfigfile\fR.
57 What to do on recoverable internal error ("oops"): \fBabort\fP,
58 \fBcrash\-dump\fP (but continue), \fBnothing\fP (default).
59 .ie \nw \fBcrash-dump\fP is not implemented for Windows.
60 .el \fBcrash-dump\fP works by aborting a fork of the server process.
65 to start even when game state looks bad. Risks crashes and further
66 corruption; use this only for attempting to fix up problems. Better
67 make a backup first, and lock out players.
70 Help. Print brief usage information and exit.
74 Install as a Windows Service called "Empire Server".
76 .BI \-I " service-name"
77 Install as a Windows Service with the specified name.\}
80 Threading debug mode. Implies \fB-d\fR.
84 Uninstall the Windows Service called "Empire Server".
86 .BI \-U " service-name"
87 Uninstall the Windows Service with the specified name.\}
90 Enable thread stack checking.
93 Set the seed for random function.
96 Print version information and exit.
98 Operands are ignored for backward compatibility. Their use is
106 to reopen log files and reload its configuration. This allows proper
107 log rotation. Only the update schedule is reloaded at this time.
109 .BR SIGINT ", " SIGTERM
112 to shut down immediately.
116 When using the service control manager (Services Window), the start
117 parameters are not processed. The only parameters processed are the
118 ones supplied during service installation. To modify the startup
119 parameters, you must remove the service and reinstall the service.\}
121 Please report all bugs to the Wolfpack <wolfpack@wolfpackempire.com>
123 \fIempire\fR(6), \fIempsched\fR(6), \fIfairland\fR(6), \fIfiles\fR(6),
126 Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak, Ken Stevens, Steve McClure and
127 Markus Armbruster are principal authors. The full list of authors is
128 too long to include here.