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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Holly Sommer <<A HREF="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 11:38:07 -0500 (CDT)</LI>
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On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, T. Alexander Popiel wrote:
> In message: <<A HREF="msg00519.html">45760210#lostics,demon.co.uk</A>>
> "Ross Nicoll" <rnicoll#calmar-mud,com> writes:
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> >Reminds me of a thought I had for my MUD. The MUD, whenever we change anything
> >in the code (it's a Diku style MUD, most of the stuff is in code), obviously
> >has to go through a reboot. I was wandering about having the data for
> >connections written out with the database (with sanity checking on load, of
> >course, incase something goes wrong after the database is saved), then have
> >the server load the new binary over itself with one of the exec() functions.
> >
> >The player would get "The server is rebooting, please wait" or similar...
>
> This is, unfortunately, non-portable...
Eh? We've gotten it to work under both Linux and BSDi with minimal fuss.
-Holly
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00506" HREF="msg00506.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 01:44 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00512" HREF="msg00512.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt <a href="mailto:hhs#cbs,dtu.dk">hhs#cbs,dtu.dk</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 05:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00519" HREF="msg00519.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#calmar-mud,com">rnicoll#calmar-mud,com</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 15:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00522" HREF="msg00522.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 16:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00523" HREF="msg00523.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 16:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00525" HREF="msg00525.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 16:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00526" HREF="msg00526.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 17:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00528" HREF="msg00528.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 17:22 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00530" HREF="msg00530.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 18:17 GMT
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