New server option -F to force start even when state looks bad

[empserver] / man / emp_server.6

diff --git a/man/emp_server.6 b/man/emp_server.6
index b504929c478e65fc86fa33ace4b8f383a6d0035c..d651179d4badbb19e2cdec9fbb9bfb9644ab52d3 100644 (file)
--- a/man/emp_server.6
+++ b/man/emp_server.6
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ emp_server \- Empire server
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B emp_server
 [
-.B \-dhpsv
+.B \-dFhpsv
 ]
 [
 .BI \-e " configfile"
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ What to do on recoverable internal error ("oops"): \fBabort\fP,
 .ie \nw \fBcrash-dump\fP is not implemented for Windows.
 .el \fBcrash-dump\fP works by aborting a fork of the server process.
 .TP
+.B \-F
+Force
+.B emp_server
+to start even when game state looks bad.  Risks crashes and further
+corruption; use this only for attempting to fix up problems.  Better
+make a backup first, and lock out players.
+.TP
 .B \-h
 Help.  Print brief usage information and exit.
 .if \nw \{\