[cod] server up too long?

Geoff Goas gitman at gmail.com
Mon Jan 14 14:25:55 EST 2008


yeah i run it at 5am every morning. if there are players, then yes, it would
yield partial data. but for my stats program, this is not a huge deal.

On Jan 14, 2008 2:20 PM, Dax Douglass <dax.douglass at gmail.com> wrote:

> Geoff,
>
> I assume you run this script in the early hours when the server is empty.
> You would get partial data from the current round if there were players on
> the server?
>
>
> On Jan 14, 2008 1:50 PM, Geoff Goas < gitman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > this is the script i use for running the stats and archiving the game
> > logs for my cod2 ctf server. it doesn't clear out the console log, but i
> > trust that the same method can be applied. just echo > logfile.
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > SERVER=ctf
> > BASEDIR=~/$SERVER
> > MODNAME=ax                              # mod name or "main"
> > LOGFILE=$BASEDIR/$MODNAME/game.log
> > LOGDIR=$BASEDIR/logs
> > DATE=`date +%Y_%m_%d-%H:%M`
> > MOHSTATS=~/bin/mohstats
> >
> > # Copy the log file and erase the original
> > if [ -e $LOGDIR/game_logs ]
> >   then
> >     echo "# log dir exists..."
> >   else
> >     echo "# creating log dir..."
> >     mkdir -p $LOGDIR/game_logs
> > fi
> >
> > grep say $LOGFILE > $LOGDIR/$DATE.chat
> > cp $LOGFILE $LOGDIR/game_logs/$DATE.log
> > echo > $LOGFILE
> >
> > # Run the stats
> > cd $MOHSTATS
> > nice -9 /usr/bin/php -q mohstats_$SERVER.php $LOGDIR/game_logs/$DATE.log
> >
> >
> > if [ -e ~/public_html/stats/$SERVER ]
> >   then
> >     echo "# stats web dir exists..."
> >   else
> >     echo "# creating stats web dir..."
> >     mkdir -p ~/public_html/stats/$SERVER
> > fi
> >
> > # copy the cache file over
> > cp $MOHSTATS/cache_$SERVER ~/public_html/stats/$SERVER/
> >
> > # archive the log file
> > nice -9 gzip $LOGDIR/game_logs/$DATE.log
> >
> > echo "# done"
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 14, 2008 1:15 PM, RG GR <aquariusrick at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > My 2 cents....
> > >
> > > That's the beauty of a Linux OS, so you shouldn't have to schedule
> > > restarts (unless your running Microsoft......).
> > >
> > > It seems there should be a configuration setting for
> > > MAXIMUM_LOGFILE_SIZE, which archives the logfile and creates a new one so
> > > you don't HAVE to restart your server at 5am.
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:02:45 -0500
> > > From: dax.douglass at gmail.com
> > > To: cod at icculus.org
> > > Subject: Re: [cod] server up too long?
> > >
> > > Geoff,
> > >
> > > How do you clear the game log with the server running?  I wanted to do
> > > the same thing myself, but was afraid it may cause some issues.
> > >
> > > On Jan 14, 2008 8:44 AM, Geoff Goas < gitman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > game logs can be cleared out without having to restart the server. if
> > > i can maintain the same uptime on my cod2 server and not experience these
> > > issues, then the same should go for cod4.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 14, 2008 6:40 AM, Jon Adams <dooku at ner-clan.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Somethings aren't bugs, they are just "the way things are"
> > > unfortunately not every cockroach can be snuffed out.
> > > And if a clan is playing a match at 5am they need to discover the
> > > outside!
> > >
> > >
> > > On 14/01/2008, *Dubravszky József* <mail at joed.hu> wrote:
> > >
> > >  Well, we all know setting up a cron job is not a big deal for this
> > > method. But restarting periodically is not a fair thing. What if a team is
> > > actually playing matches @ 5 AM? Anyway I think the better way is to find
> > > and fix the bug.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >  *From:* Jon Adams <dooku at ner-clan.net>
> > > *To:* cod at icculus.org
> > >  *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2008 9:52 AM
> > > *Subject:* Re: [cod] server up too long?
> > >
> > > Good practice you should really restart you're server periodically,
> > > reduce game log sizes & knocks out any errors. I'm sure there are more
> > > experienced people here that can advise on a linux program that will
> > > schedule this for you, but a 5am restart will alleviate these kinds of
> > > troubles :)
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Geoff Goas
> > IT Specialist, http://www.goastech.com
> > Administrator, http://www.anarchic-x.com
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Dax Douglass




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Geoff Goas
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