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[VANILLA-L:620] Re: Server Binaries?



In article <339F2E20.794B@stl.dec.com>,
James Cameron  <cameron@stl.dec.com> wrote:
)Robert Temple wrote:
)> I'm having trouble compiling a server for SunOS because I don't know
)> about UNIX.  Is it possible and feasible to get a precompiled binary
)> so that I can run a server?
)
)Yes.
)
)a)  find someone who has compiled the server for SunOS,
)b)  agree on a directory path on your SunOS machine that you will use,
)    even if it is /usr/users/someone/netrek,

It would be a nice idea to have the server accept a -f option for its
config file, and figure out where the rest of its files are from the
config file.  Similar to the way Apache works.  Hard-coding the path 
into the binary breaks in a number of situations, including this one.
It's good to have a hard-coded path, but you should be able to override it.
 -Tom
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