SUGGESTION: Add installMod and updateServer scripts to the Linux server file.

[Teh Pizza Lady]

installMod.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Function to download a file
function download_file() {
    read -p "Enter the URL of the mod to install: " url

    # Extract the filename from the URL using curl
    filename=$(curl -sI "$url" | grep -o -E 'filename="?([^";]+)"?' | sed 's/filename=\"\?//' | sed 's/\"$//')

    # If the filename is not extracted, fallback to the URL's last component
    if [ -z "$filename" ]; then
        filename=$(basename "$url")
    fi

    # Create the mods directory if it doesn't exist
    mkdir -p ./Mods

    # Download the file to the mods directory
    echo "Downloading $filename . . ."
    curl -L -o "./Mods/$filename" "$url"

    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "Download of $filename is complete!"
    else
        echo "Download failed. Please check the URL and try again."
    fi
}

# Main script loop
while true; do
    # Prompt for downloading a file
    download_file

    # Prompt for next action
    echo "What would you like to do next?"
    echo "1. Restart the process"
    echo "2. Download another file"
    echo "3. Exit"
    read -p "Enter your choice (1/2/3): " choice

    case $choice in
        1)
            echo "Restarting the Vintage Story server..."
            ./server.sh restart
            echo "Server successfully restarted! Exiting the script. Goodbye!"
            break
            ;;
        2)
            echo "Preparing to download another file..."
            ;;
        3)
            echo "Exiting the script. Goodbye!"
            break
            ;;
        *)
            echo "Invalid choice. Please enter 1, 2, or 3."
            ;;
    esac

done

updateServer.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if a URL was provided
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <URL>"
  exit 1
fi

URL="$1"
OUTPUT_FILE="vs.tar.gz"
ASSETS_DIR="assets"

# First backup server.sh file
mv server.sh server.sh.old

# Download the contents of the URL into vs.tar.gz
curl -o "$OUTPUT_FILE" "$URL"

# Check if the download was successful
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "Error: Failed to download $URL"
  exit 1
fi

# Remove the local assets folder if it exists
if [ -d "$ASSETS_DIR" ]; then
  rm -rf "$ASSETS_DIR"
  echo "Deleted existing $ASSETS_DIR folder."
fi

# Unpack vs.tar.gz into the current directory
# Overwriting all contents if necessary
tar -xzf "$OUTPUT_FILE" --overwrite

# Check if the extraction was successful
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "Error: Failed to extract $OUTPUT_FILE"
  exit 1
fi

# Restore server.sh file
rm server.sh
mv server.sh.old server.sh

# Notify completion
echo "Successfully downloaded and updated Vintage Story."

 

[Teh Pizza Lady]

These are scripts I've created to make managing my server easier. I hope everyone can make use of them and provide the Windows versions that do the same thing?

[Teh Pizza Lady]

Also if anyone knows how to improve the update script to automatically pull the latest (stable or unstable) version, that would be cool.