Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links

2012-09-06 Thread GE
list Reply-to: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links GE could take a page from your book then, since it sounds like they are doing something similar but trying to update the split trunks manually. A symlink in Windows is that od

Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links

2012-09-06 Thread Kit Parenteau
AM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links Are you using symlinks or directory junctions? Unfortunately, the fact that running an update will use the base information to do a nuke and re-install means that if you have server code in

Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links

2012-09-05 Thread Dmitriy Bobrovskiy
renteau > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 4:32 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links > > Are you using symlinks or directory junctions? > > Unfortunately, the fact that running an update will use the bas

Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links

2012-09-05 Thread netshroud
gs, > logs, etc. > > >> -Original Message- >> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds- >> boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Rudy Bleeker >> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 8:16 PM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list &

Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links

2012-09-05 Thread netshroud
Wednesday, September 05, 2012 8:16 PM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links >> >> This is because of the way the update process works. It's an all or nothing >> deal really. When you trigger an

Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links

2012-09-05 Thread Kit Parenteau
oftware.com [mailto:hlds- boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Rudy Bleeker Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 8:16 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links This is because of the way the update process works. It's an a

Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links

2012-09-05 Thread Dmitriy Bobrovskiy
lvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Rudy Bleeker > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 8:16 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links > > This is because of the way the update process works. It's an all or nothing > de

Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links

2012-09-05 Thread Rudy Bleeker
This is because of the way the update process works. It's an all or nothing deal really. When you trigger an update, the hldsupdatetool will report the current version of the installation to the update servers. Then it recieves a list of all the files that should be outdated and need to be thrown a

Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links

2012-09-05 Thread GE
Yes, the first server is fully updated and running again before the next update is started. --Original Message-- From: Cameron Munroe To: gamersex...@shaw.ca To: Hlds Subject: Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links Sent: Sep 5, 2012 9:48 AM Do you let the first one finish the

Re: [hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links

2012-09-05 Thread Cameron Munroe
Do you let the first one finish the update before starting the other update? On 9/5/2012 8:46 AM, GE wrote: Recently I've added symlinks on my TF2 servers to save space and reduced bandwidth on updates, however this does not seem to help when using hldsupdatetool. At this point only the "maps

[hlds] Windows Server and symbolic links

2012-09-05 Thread GE
Recently I've added symlinks on my TF2 servers to save space and reduced bandwidth on updates, however this does not seem to help when using hldsupdatetool. At this point only the "maps" folder has been linked. Server 1 (master) update runs as expected. Server 2 (slave) update runs but deletes