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NAME
     doomsday-server - Doomsday Engine multiplayer daemon


SYNOPSIS
     doomsday-server [-stdout] [-port tcp-port] [-iwad dir] [-game mode] [-v] [-file file ...]

     Note that the command line is not interpreted according to GNU conventions. Everything following -- is
     ignored.  @ can be used to specify a response file whose contents are added to the command line.


OPTIONS
     -stdout   Prints all log entries to the standard output. If this option is not used, nothing is printed so
               that the server can be run as a background process.

     -port     TCP port that the server listens to for incoming connections.

     -iwad     Specifies a directory where to look for IWAD files. Doomsday will search for IWADs from all known
               games and automatically load them when needed. Note that you can also use the DOOMWADDIR
               environment variable or the paths configuration file to specify the location of the IWAD files.

     -game     Sets the game to load after startup. See doomsday(6) for a list of available games. For example:

                     -game doom1-ultimate

               If -game is not specified and the server is unable to choose a game automatically, the server
               will quit.

     -v        Print verbose log messages (also -verbose). Specify more than once for extra verbosity.

     -file     Specify one or more resource files (WAD, LMP, PK3) to load at startup. More files can be loaded
               at runtime with the load command.

     In addition to these, doomsday-server supports many of the command line options of doomsday(6).


OPERATING A SERVER
     Doomsday servers are, by default, silent daemon processes intended to be run in the background. You need to
     use the Doomsday Shell to monitor their status and control them.


SEE ALSO
     doomsday(6), doomsday-shell-text(6)


AUTHOR
     This documentation has been written by Jaakko Keränen <jaakko.keranen@iki.fi> and Daniel Swanson
     <danij@dengine.net>.