.TH aberd 6 "15 October 1996" "pDirt Beta 2" "pDirt MUD Documentation"
.SH NAME
aberd -\ pDirt MUD Deamon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B aberd
[
.BI \-p
port
]
[
.BI \-d
dir
]
[
.BI \-cfkvih
]
[
.BI \-n
count
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B aberd
is the name of the daemon that runs the pDirt MUD. It is used
to start the MUD, accept players via a TCP/IP connection. The
deamon is loaded into memory at startup and will remain there
untill a vital error occured. Most signal are handled 
internally, allowing it to stay alive even when segmentation
faults occur.
 
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-p port
Start the mud and connection to the specified port instead of 
the default one.
.TP
.B \-d data directory
Use specified data directory instead of default (../data/)
.TP
.B \-k
Kill the other MUD, if one exsists.
.TP
.B \-c
Clear the syslog file at startup.
.TP
.B \-n count
Set the maximum numbers of players to count. Default is 32 players.
.TP
.B \-f
Start the MUD and stay in foreground. ie: do not deamonize the MUD.
.TP
.B \-i
Some information on the MUD and its configuration.
.TP
.B \-v
Show pDirt MUD version number.
.TP
.B \-x
Kill any other MUD that is running and exit, do not start up.
.TP
.B \-h
A list of all options of the pDirt MUD Deamon.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR pDirt (9)


.SH AUTHORS
.B pDirt
is based on Dyrt, which in turn is based on AberMUD IV/Dirt.
.LP
.I AberMUD IV:
Richard Acott, Alan Cox, Jim Finnes, Brian Preble, Anarchy
Rich Salz, and others.
.LP
.I Dirt:
Alf Suerte and G. Sorseth
.LP
.I Dyrt:
Katie Mowry (Rex), Thrace, Kender, Dragorn, Rhadamanthus,
Amradron and various Others
.LP
.I pDirt:
Peter Eussen (Marty)