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Doxicity Doxicity

Reputation: 11

Run file for game server

Alright, so I have a .sh file that I run that will launch my server with the certain specifics that I'm looking for. It launches the server through screen into it's own screen. Here's the code for my run.sh file.

#!/bin/bash
# run.sh
# conversion of run.bat to shell script.

echo "Protecting srcds from random crashes"
echo "Now launching Garrys Mod RequiemRP"

sleep 5
screen -A -m -d -S gmserver ./srcds_run -console -game garrysmod +maxplayers 32 +map rp_downtown_v6 -autoupdate
echo "Server initialized. Type screen -x to resume"

Usually I use a batch file to do this, but I'm now using linux for my server hosting. Part of that batch file was if srcds (the server itself) were to crash, the run.bat file would restart the server automatically. I'm looking to do this with my run.sh file, but I'm unsure how to.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 277

Answers (1)

Lee Ikard
Lee Ikard

Reputation: 76

Perhaps you could make a service or script that will periodically check if the process is running. This will check if it's on and if it isn't, it will turn it on when executed.

#!/bin/bash
ps cax | grep srcds > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 exit
else
  bash /path/to/run.sh
fi

I tested the command and it works. For my virtualized debian 9 system.

Upvotes: 1

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