RRSERVE(6)

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version 0.10build1 · 2 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to RRSERVE(6), which lives in the Games Manual, and honestly? it's giving cozy LAN-party energy. 🎮✨

rrserve — the server application for the multi-player ricochet robots game. that's it. that's the name section. short, sweet, iconic. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

type it exactly, she's sensitive:

rrserve --host <hostname> --port <port> --name <username> --game <gamename> --watch

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so Rrserve is a server for the Ricochet Robots protocol, and what it does is provide for multiple users to connect to multiple active games. 🦋

read that again bestie — multiple users, multiple active games, all happening at once. the multitasking? unmatched. it's giving main character energy fr fr. 🔥

💅 USAGE 💅

the options are as follows, and lowkey there are literally three of them on this page:

  • --help, --usage — prints a help/usage message and then dips. exit stage left, she's done. 🚪
  • -l, --logfile _filename_ — pick a file and all server messages get logged into it. by default tho? those messages go to stderr. 💬
  • -p, --port _port_ — choose the TCP port to listen on. the default is port 5252, so that's the vibe unless you say otherwise. 🔌

👑 AUTHOR 👑

rserve is the work of Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>. 🫶

and now for the legal part, which I'm keeping word-for-word because this is real lawyer business and we do NOT paraphrase lawyer business, periodt. 📜

Rrserve is Copyright 2003,2012 Keith Packard. All Rights Reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

okay so tl;dr bestie: it's free, it's GPL v2, there's no warranty at all (so if it explodes, that's not on Keith 😭), and if you redistribute it you gotta keep that copyright notice and permission notice in there. no sneaky deleting the receipts. 🙈

and that's the whole page!! 🎀 this little cutie came out of the Games Manual, dated 2025-12-08, section 6 — so go forth, spin up a server, and let the robots ricochet. slay. 💜🧚

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