Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers

2009-03-10 Thread Stephen Micheals
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Dustin Tuft dustint...@hotmail.com wrote: You might want to look into Junctions, which I think is what windows calls them. You can use the

Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers

2009-03-09 Thread Andrew Armstrong
-Original Message- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Midnight Sent: Monday, 9 March 2009 4:51 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers Yes but they are more limited. I think

Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers

2009-03-09 Thread Midnight
- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Midnight Sent: Monday, 9 March 2009 4:51 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers Yes but they are more limited. I think

Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers

2009-03-09 Thread Steven J. Sumichrast
Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers Yes but they are more limited. I think it doesn't support it on folders the way you might expect, ie. it is more like an alias and not a symlink like you might think about it in linux. Ook wrote: Does XP/2003/2000

Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers

2009-03-08 Thread Ian Watts
I won't point out the finer detail of this being a Win32 server mailing list... oops.. :P Google windows junctions to get info on how to use junction points. You have found where you would need to link the shared content. Because you would want cfg and addons separated (yes, I suppose you could

Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers

2009-03-08 Thread Ook
, 2009 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers I won't point out the finer detail of this being a Win32 server mailing list... oops.. :P Google windows junctions to get info on how to use junction points. You have found where you would need to link the shared content. Because you

Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers

2009-03-08 Thread Midnight
. - Original Message - From: Ian Watts iwatt...@hotmail.com To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers I won't point out the finer detail of this being a Win32 server

Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers

2009-03-08 Thread Ook
a symbolic link. - Original Message - From: Ian Watts iwatt...@hotmail.com To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers I won't point out the finer detail of this being

Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers

2009-03-08 Thread Midnight
. - Original Message - From: Midnight mido...@gmail.com To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers Vista has much better symlink support. I haven't tried it for game

[hlds] symlink multiple servers

2009-03-05 Thread Chris Oryschak
Currently i'm running multiple TF2 servers each from their own installation directory and have heard of people symlink'ing all the additional servers to one installation folder. This would probably clean up data along with making server updates much easier across all servers in one shot.

Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers

2009-03-05 Thread f0rkz
You could share the source shared content as a single symlink point. Getting any deeper into sharing content may get tricky, but its possible. For instance, you set up something like /home/serverfiles/hl2 You could then symlink that in your server's directory.. /home/myuser/mygameserver/ ln

Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers

2009-03-05 Thread Ook
mailing list hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers im a bit of a linux noob, but wouldnt there be some potential latency involved with multiple server accessing the same files? i wonder if this would work with windows