[
.BI \-e " configfile"
]
+[
+.BI \-E " action"
+]
+[
+.BI \-R " seed"
+]
.if \nw \{\
.br
.B emp_server
|
.BI \-U " service-name"
]\}
-[
-.BI \-R " random-seed"
-]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B emp_server
is a daemon which listens to the Empire port for players connecting to
pages within the game.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.B \-d
+.B \-d
Debug mode. This will prevent the server from forking itself into the
-background. It will also make it abort when it detects an internal
-error. You normally want to use this flag if you are running
+background. Implies -E abort. You normally want to use this flag if
+you are running
.B emp_server
from within a debugger.
.TP
.BI \-e " configfile"
Use game configuration in \fIconfigfile\fR.
.TP
-.B \-h
+.BI \-E " action"
+What to do on recoverable internal error ("oops"): \fBabort\fP,
+\fBcrash\-dump\fP (but continue), \fBnothing\fP (default).
+.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 \-h
Help. Print brief usage information and exit.
.if \nw \{\
.TP
.B \-s
Enable thread stack checking.
.TP
-.B \-R " random-seed"
+.B \-R " seed"
Set the seed for random function.
.TP
.B \-v
\fIempire\fR(6), \fIempsched\fR(6), \fIfairland\fR(6), \fIfiles\fR(6),
\fIpconfig\fR(6).
.SH AUTHORS
-Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak, Ken Stevens and Steve McClure
-are principal authors. The full list of authors is too long to
-include here.
+Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak, Ken Stevens, Steve McClure and
+Markus Armbruster are principal authors. The full list of authors is
+too long to include here.