info: | Download steam-boiler to install steam and boiler. |
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author: | Erik Southworth |
version: | 49.1 |
revision: | September 08, 2012 |
description: | Linux Reference Manual |
boiler - steam program wrapper
boiler command [ game ] [ dir ] [ options ]
The boiler script is a wrapper for the steam program and as an alias for the the steam program, provides convenient extensions and gives users access to the steam program from a single, central installation.
The boiler program will install a copy of the steam program to the steam configuation directory as required, then, execute and pass option arguments to the steam program.
To enable automatic server updates; as when using the -autoupdate option of the hlds_run or srcds_run (run-script); boiler will create the steam symbolic link, in the directory local to the run-script.
These are alternative extensions to steam(6):
name of game (use –command=list to see available games)
path to install directory (default=last-run-path)
verifies all files are up to date (over-write control)
retry every 30sec if Steam Network is busy
do not check for updates to the update tool
steam account username (only needed to access limited content)
steam account password (only needed to access limited content)
remember password (if a username is supplied)
display usage guide
display version and copyright information
remove blob files (ClientRegistry, InstallRecord from path)
name of beta update
beta help information
output manual text
verbose operation
disable ionice operation
View listing of available games:
steam list
Install or update Counter-Strike Source located in user $HOME/orange-box directory:
steam update css ~/orange-box
Written by Erik Southworth