https://github.com/fboender/mcram

Simple shell script for managing a Minecraft Server on a RAM disk
https://github.com/fboender/mcram

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Simple shell script for managing a Minecraft Server on a RAM disk

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fboender/mcram
• Owner: fboender
• Created: 2015-11-08T17:34:38.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-11-08T17:34:51.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-17T15:25:17.925Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 0 Bytes
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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MCRam

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Description

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A simple shell script for managing a Minecraft Server on a RAM disk, including

creating regular persistent copies of the world and making daily backups.

Features

*   Safe persistent copies of Minecraft world from RAM disk to real disk.

*   Check disk space used by world and report low RAM disk space.

*   Daily backups with max/min number of backups.

*   Start/stop the server from the commandline.

Setup

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Assumes following Directory layout:

    /home/minecraft/

    /home/minecraft/jre1.6.0_21/

    /home/minecraft/minecraft/

    /home/minecraft/minecraft/minecraft_server/

    /home/minecraft/minecraft/minecraft_server/world/

    /home/minecraft/minecraft/minecraft_server/minecraft_server.jar

    /home/minecraft/backups

if different, edit mc.ini.

Put mc and mc.ini in /home/minecraft

Usage

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Start the server

    ./mc start

Stop the server

    ./mc stop

Create a safe, persistent copy of the contents of the RAM disk (should be called from CRON, see later in this document)

    ./mc persistent

	

Create a backup of Minecraft and clear old backups (see mc.ini)

    ./mc backup

Check disk usage of world and mail if disk space is getting low (see mc.ini)

    ./mc checkspace

Cronjobs

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Install the following CRON jobs:

	# m h  dom mon dow   command

	0 17 * * * /home/minecraft/mc checkspace

	0 18 * * * /home/minecraft/mc backup

	0 * * * * /home/minecraft/mc persistant

License

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MCRAM is released into the Public Domain. Use it as you wish.