[: =: unexpected operator when running a world imported from previous install

[Laikar]

I keep the config of the minecraft servers i run with mscs on a git repository, when installing mscs on a new machine and set up the configs, i get the following error when i try to run any of the servers i backed up, but if i create a new world the error doesn't happen

/usr/local/bin/msctl: 361: [: =: unexpected operator
/usr/local/bin/msctl: 365: [: =: unexpected operator
/usr/local/bin/msctl: 369: return: Illegal number: -1

[sandain]

Hi @Laikar.

Please post a copy of the mscs.properties file for one of the worlds that is failing. Also, please post a copy of your mscs.defaults file. The error messages appear to be happening in the code that checks true/false values, so I'm guessing that something is wrong here.

[Laikar]

These are the mscs.defaults and the msscs.properties of the waterfall proxy, with txt extension cause github doesn't allow to upload otherwise.

mscs.defaults.txt
mscs.properties.txt

[sandain]

I just submitted commit a953325, but that won't fix your problem. I just noted that the numerical true/false tests were done incorrectly.

I don't see any issues in your mscs.defaults or mscs.properties files. How about your eula.txt file? If it has something like eula= rather than eula=true, that might be the cause. Could you post a copy?

[sandain]

I just submitted a new commit, 8b68544, that will provide better error information that might help us debug this issue.

[Laikar]

The proxy world runs waterfall wich doesn't require you to accept eula, and because of that there is no eula file on that world. That seems to be the cause, because when trying to run the proxy world with the new commits i get the following error

Error, the EULA has not been accepted for world proxy.
To accept the EULA, modify /opt/mscs/worlds/proxy/eula.txt file.

but the eula file doesn't exist

[sandain]

Hi @Laikar.

I changed that EULA check to produce a warning rather than an error message with commit 0064869. To get rid of the warning message, simply add eula=true to a new /opt/mscs/worlds/proxy/eula.txt file.

I'm not sure how to handle this better. I would like the message to show up for normal worlds that do not have the EULA accepted to reduce confusion on why a world is not starting properly.

Hopefully this is related to the issue you were having. If not, let me know what the next error is.

[Laikar]

I thiught that was it, but doesn't seem so, when running the proxy this is the whole comand output

The cached copy of the version manifest is up to date.
Use the force-update option to ensure a new copy is downloaded.
Starting Minecraft Server: proxyError verifying the sha1 for the Minecraft server software.

Warning, the EULA has not been accepted for world proxy.
To accept the EULA, modify /opt/mscs/worlds/proxy/eula.txt file.
Erase is control-H (^H).
Invalid true/false value: ""
.

and when i run mscs status with only that world running this is the output

Minecraft Server Status:
  direwolf16: not running.
  lobby: not running.
  proxy: /usr/local/bin/msctl: 2042: printf: Invalid: expected numeric value
/usr/local/bin/msctl: 2042: printf: true/false: expected numeric value
/usr/local/bin/msctl: 2042: printf: Invalid: expected numeric value
/usr/local/bin/msctl: 2042: printf: value:: expected numeric value
running version Invalid true/false value: "" (0 of 0 users online).
running version value: (34 of 0 users online).
running version true/false (0 of 34 users online).
    Port: 25565.
/usr/local/bin/msctl: 2044: [: Invalid: unexpected operator
    Memory used: 0.52GB (0GB allocated).
    Process ID: 3287.
  surv: not running.
  rlcraft: disabled.

[sandain]

I made a mistake on the patch that introduced the error message for invalid true/false values. Commit 3b5c0e1 fixes this issue. The error message needed to be piped to STDERR, not STDOUT! oops. This is not going to fix the issue, but will clean up those error messages.

[Laikar]

I discovered that the error happens when there is no server.properties file, i copied every setting from the proxy world to a new world and everything worked just fine, but when i delete the server.properties file the error begins to happen.

[sandain]

Ok. This makes sense. How did you restore from backup? Did you use the mscs restore-backup feature as documented here?

[Laikar]

No, i keep all the configurations for the worlds without the actual minecraft worlds on a git repo and i just clone that

[sandain]

I suspect that there is an issue with your directory structure on restored worlds. It appears that you are using the default folder configuration from your linked mscs.defaults.txt, so you should have your server.properties files at:

/opt/mscs/worlds/direwolf16/server.properties
/opt/mscs/worlds/lobby/server.properties
/opt/mscs/worlds/proxy/server.properties
/opt/mscs/worlds/surv/server.properties
/opt/mscs/worlds/rlcraft/server.properties

You can check by executing the following command:

ls -la /opt/mscs/worlds/*/server.properties

[Laikar]

Waterfall is a fork of BungeeCord and as such doesn't use the server.properties file, that is why i deleted it, i can just keep it to prevent the script from doing weird things, but it isn't needed for the proxy to actually operate

[sandain]

I don't have BungeeCord setup on my test server right now, but when I did, it doesn't look like I had the server.properties file there either. I'll try restoring that server from my backup and see if the script reports funky errors.

[sandain]

I am getting some funky errors. I will work through them.

Minecraft Server Status:
  alpha: running version 1.16.5 (0 of 20 users online).
    Port: 25565.
    Memory used: 1.35GB (2GB allocated).
    Process ID: 30436.
  lobby: Invalid true/false value: ""
Invalid true/false value: ""
Invalid true/false value: ""
running.
    Memory used: 0.1GB (2GB allocated).
    Process ID: 32257.
  paper: running version 1.16.5 (0 of 20 users online).
    Port: 25566.
    Memory used: 0.79GB (2GB allocated).
    Process ID: 32630.