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<H3><A NAME="SEC69" HREF="ProgrammersManual_toc.html#TOC69">The First Tasks Run By the Server</A></H3>

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Whenever the server is booted, there are a few tasks it runs right at the
beginning, before accepting connections or getting the value of
<CODE>#0.dump_interval</CODE> to schedule the first checkpoint (see below for more
information on checkpoint scheduling).

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First, the server calls <CODE>$user_disconnected()</CODE> once for each user who
was connected at the time the database file was written; this allows for any
cleaning up that's usually done when users disconnect (e.g., moving their
player objects back to some `home' location, etc.).

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Next, it checks for the existence of the verb <CODE>$server_started()</CODE>.  If
there is such a verb, then the server runs a task invoking that verb with no
arguments and with <CODE>player</CODE> equal to <CODE>#-1</CODE>.  This is useful for
carefully scheduling checkpoints and for re-initializing any state that is not
properly represented in the database file (e.g., re-opening certain outbound
network connections, clearing out certain tables, etc.).

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