Bzipping maps for download

[kimball]

==================
BZIPPING ON LINUX
==================
1.Change to the directory where your bzip file is.

Code:

cd home/ACCOUNTNAME/bzip2

2. Run bzip2 and select the .BSP file you want to compress

Code:

bzip2 -v filename.bsp

Replace filename.bsp with your mapname.bsp

3. You can upload them using the "ftp server" command in linux console or by grabbing them from the linux computer using ftp on windows and then uploading the bzipped files to your webserver and into the apporpriate folder, for example: http://www.domain.com/game/maps

4. For those that don't have the ability to use FTP on a Windows computer, here is a brief way to use the linux konsole to ftp your bzipped files.

========================
FTP USING LINUX KONSOLE
========================
First change to your bzipped files directory:

Code:

cd home/ACCOUNTNAME/bzip2

Connect to your webserver:

Code:

ftp www.domain.com

The typical "account@localhost will change to "ftp>" this means that all commands will be passed on the FTP server not on the linux machine.
Now change to the directory where you store your maps on your webserver:

Code:

cd www/game/maps

If you don't know your directory structure by heart, you can run the "ls" command and it will list the names of the folders.

Now that you are in the maps directory of your webserver you can begin to upload your bzipped files:

Code:

put mapname.bsp.bz2

or to upload multiple maps at once:

Code:

mput mapname.bsp.bz2 mapname2.bsp.bz2

After you have uploaded all of your bzipped maps, you might want to get rid of the non-compressed ones.

Code:

delete mapname.bsp

Press CRTL + Z to exit FTP.

DONE!