BNSTAT(1)

💖 BNSTAT(1) — the bnetd user's manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk, this is bnstat, from the BNETD User's Manual. it's the little stats goblin of the Battle.net world and i'm obsessed with it. let's go 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

bnstat — Battle.net statistics client. yes that's literally it, she gathers stats, she's an icon, no cap 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bnstat [options] [servername [serverport]]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so bnstat is a simple Battle.net client emulator that you use to gather player statistics. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

she's also compatible with FSGS servers, but ngl she has difficulty with real Battle.net servers. it's giving "i can fix him" except she cannot fix him. 🙈

here's the defaults situation, pay attention bestie:

• no servername specified → localhost is assumed
• no serverport specified → 6112 is assumed
• no player specified on the command line → bnstat(1) will connect to the server and prompt for one from stdin

and then — and this is the part we love — all available statistics for the emulated client type get formatted and displayed on stdout. slay. ✨

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -b — makes bnstat emulate a Brood Wars client. periodt.
• --client — makes bnstat emulate a specific client. the client tags she recognizes are: DRTL DSHR STAR SSHR SEXP W2BN. and btw there are short options you can use instead for the common clients, so you don't gotta type the whole tag out. 🫶
• --bnetd — also attempt to gather bnetd(1) specific information. two for one, we love to see it.
• -d — makes bnstat emulate a Diablo client. 😈
• --fsgs — also attempt to gather FSGS specific information.
• -h, --help, --usage — print usage information and exit. the "help me bestie" flag 💖
• -k, --cdkey — causes bnstat to report an alternate key to the bnetd(1) server.
• -o, --owner — causes bnstat to report an alternate owner to the bnetd(1) server.
• -p, --player — gather statistics only for the specified player and then exit. this also avoids using login and terminal functions, which means it can be used in shell scripts. automation queen 👑
• -s — makes bnstat emulate a Starcraft client. iconic.
• -v, --version — print its version number and exit.
• -w — makes bnstat emulate a Warcraft II BNE client. 🗡️

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✨ NOTES ✨

the current version is available with the bnetd distribution at:

http://www.bnetd.org/

go get her 💅

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✨ BUGS ✨

okay so this is the part where we hold hands because it's a little unhinged 😭

this program assumes that the terminal will move to the beginning of the current line when the carriage return character (^M) is printed. it also assumes that the backspace character (^H) will move one column to the left and that the character printed after that will replace those already on the screen. so yeah. assumptions everywhere. 💀

and the terminal settings are not consulted for keybindings. instead, the following are assumed, fr fr:

• ^H — delete the character to the left of the cursor
• ^J — accept current line
• ^M (return) — accept current line
• ^T — transpose the last two characters
• ^W — delete word to the left of the cursor
• ^U — delete the whole input line
• ^[ (escape) — cancel the current input line
• ^? (delete) — delete the character to the left of the cursor

bestie. memorise these. your terminal is not gonna tell you, and she is not gonna ask. 🫠

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• bnetd(1)

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

Ross Combs (ross@bnetd.org) — the main character who wrote this whole thing 🎀

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and that's the page!! this was the BNETD manual, dated 11 June, 2000. yeah she's vintage, she's a classic, she's still serving. bye bestie, go gather some stats 💖✨🦋🌸💅