serverping(6)

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✨ serverping ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Games Manual corner of the man pages, where we talk about serverping(6) — the lil tool that goes and checks on an XEvil server for you 💖

🦋 NAME 🦋

serverping — check the status of an XEvil server

like, it pings it. it's right there in the name, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

serverping [-count num_tries] [-timeout timeout_ms] server_name[:port]

that's the whole vibe. two optional flags, one server, slay.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

serverping is a simple utility, and by simple I mean uncomplicated and iconic. It gives you info on an XEvil server, bestie — the game style, who is playing, and how well they're doing. it's giving "stalking your friends' stats but politely" 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -count num_tries — specify the number of pings to send before giving up. default=3. so it'll try three times before it's like "okay I'm done" 😭
  • -timeout timeout_ms — specify the time in milliseconds to wait for a response before giving up. default=1000. yes that's one whole second of patience, and honestly? relatable.
  • server_name[:port] — specify the server name or IP address, optionally with port. default port is 6066. you can bring your own port if you want to be extra 💅

⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

okay these are the receipts, let's go:

serverping whitehouse.gov

This will give you the game status of the XEvil game running on the server at whitehouse.gov, at default port 6066. It will try 3 times, and wait 1 sec per try. At the time of this writing, whitehouse.gov is not running an XEvil server. 💀 tragic. no XEvil for the white house.

serverping -timeout 5000 292.43.199.64:9999

This will give you the game status of the XEvil game running on the server at 292.43.199.64, at port 9999. It will try 3 times, and wait 5 sec per try. 292.43.199.64 is not a valid IP address. 🙈 yeah. it's a fake one, it's a prop, it's for demonstration purposes only. do not come for me.

ngl bestie, if you type in a server that isn't running XEvil, you're gonna get nothing. that's not a bug, that's just the truth. the man page is being honest with you 🫶

👑 GAME AUTHOR 👑

Steve Hardt

🧚 MAN PAGE AUTHOR 🧚

Brandon Barnes

and that's the whole page, periodt. this lil slice of the Games Manual is dated January 2, 2007, and it's serverping(6) forever and always. go ping something, bestie, and may your servers always answer on the first try 💖✨🎀

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