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One of the first plugins, and still the most powerful, bzfscron allows you to run arbitrary /slash commands on a schedule. It supports a very complete crontab parser that closely approximates those found on most modern *nix systems. See the ReadMe for more details.  
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One of the first plugins, and still arguably the most powerful, bzfscron allows you to run arbitrary /slash commands on a schedule. It supports a very complete crontab parser that closely approximates those found on most modern *nix systems.
  
With bzfs 2.0.x, limitations in the server API forces bzfscron to use an ingenious, but hackish way to deliver it's commands. An "observer" called "bzfscron" joins the server. The plugin promotes itself (the pseudo-player) to administrator automatically, so you don't need to worry about permissions. Establishing a TCP connection to one's own thread is very weird and very ugly. However, for the limited purposes of this plugin, it works.   http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=501
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With bzfs 2.0.x, limitations in the server API force bzfscron to use an ingenious, but hackish way to deliver its commands. An "observer" called "bzfscron" joins the server. The plugin promotes itself (the pseudo-player) to administrator automatically, so you don't need to worry about permissions. Establishing a TCP connection to one's own thread is very weird and very ugly. However, for the limited purposes of this plugin, it works.
  
Bzfscron is being completely redesigned for the improvements expected in future BZFlag versions.
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Bzfscron has been completely redesigned to use a server-side player in BZFlag 2.2 and newer.
http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=10095
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Original bzfscron announcement: http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=501
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Bzfscron rewrite information: http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=10095
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Revision as of 21:30, 12 March 2007

One of the first plugins, and still arguably the most powerful, bzfscron allows you to run arbitrary /slash commands on a schedule. It supports a very complete crontab parser that closely approximates those found on most modern *nix systems.

With bzfs 2.0.x, limitations in the server API force bzfscron to use an ingenious, but hackish way to deliver its commands. An "observer" called "bzfscron" joins the server. The plugin promotes itself (the pseudo-player) to administrator automatically, so you don't need to worry about permissions. Establishing a TCP connection to one's own thread is very weird and very ugly. However, for the limited purposes of this plugin, it works.

Bzfscron has been completely redesigned to use a server-side player in BZFlag 2.2 and newer.

Sources: Original bzfscron announcement: http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=501 Bzfscron rewrite information: http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=10095