#!/bin/bash

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## MAKE SURE THIS SCRIPT IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR $PATH.
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# It's highly advisable to create a directory to hold all of your server files. 
# The jar will generate quite a few files upon first run and it would get pretty 
# messy if there are other files in the same directory.
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## NEEDED INFORMATION
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# This is the location for a Debian/Ubuntu java executable
javaexec=/usr/bin/java

# Set this to the directory containing the minecraft_server.jar
# Provide the full path from /
server_location=CHANGE ME BEFORE DOING ANYTHING


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## RUNNING THE SERVER
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# By cd'ing to the server location
# All server files will be created in this directory.
cd $server_location

# Run the Server
`$javaexec -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar $server_location/minecraft_server.jar nogui`

# After killing off the server, you will be cd'ed back to the directory you were 
# at prior to running this script.
cd -