Boiler Man Page

info:Download steam-boiler to install steam and boiler.
author:Erik Southworth
version:49
revision:July 30, 2012
description:Linux Reference Manual

NAME

boiler - steam program wrapper

SYNOPSIS

boiler command [ game ] [ dir ] [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

These are alternative extensions to steam(6):

-c, --command=CMD, CMD
update <game>
install or update dedicated server
version
display installed versions
list
show available games
-g, --game=NAME, NAME

name of game (use –command=list to see available games)

-d, --dir=PATH, PATH

path to install directory (default=last-run-path)

-a, --verify_all

verifies all files are up to date (over-write control)

-r, --retry

retry every 30sec if Steam Network is busy

-s, --nobootstrapupdate

do not check for updates to the update tool

-u, --username=USERNAME

steam account username (only needed to access limited content)

-p, --password=PASSWORD

steam account password (only needed to access limited content)

-t, --remember_password

remember password (if a username is supplied)

-h, --help, help

display usage guide

-V, --version

display version and copyright information

-w, --wipe, wipe [PATH]

remove blob files (ClientRegistry, InstallRecord from path)

-b, --beta=NAME

name of beta update

-i, --info

beta help information

-m, --manual

output manual text

-v, --verbose

verbose operation

-n, --noionice

disable ionice operation

EXAMPLE

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

FILES

$HOME/Steam/last-run-path
The last directory path that was processed.

AUTHOR

Written by Erik Southworth

SEE ALSO

steam(6)

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