Control MCServer via Cron Jobs

[Gorilla]

Thanks for the help, everyone.

I couldn't get Bearbin's RCON client to work in the setup, so I went with a modification of the screen command proposed by worktycho.

To to start the server:

Code:

screen -d -m -S MCServer /home/minecraft/MCServer/MCServer

To stop the server:

Code:

screen -S MCServer -X eval 'stuff stop\015'

Obviously you can also send other console commands, so for example:

Code:

screen -S MCServer -X eval 'stuff restart\015'

I've only tested this on my Raspberry Pi, but it's all running nicely under Cron control. Hopefully it's of help to someone else.