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makeweights

MAKEWEIGHTS(6)							   Games Manual 						    MAKEWEIGHTS(6)

NAME

       makeweights - generate a GNU Backgammon binary weights file

SYNOPSIS

       makeweights [[-f] output [input]]

DESCRIPTION

       makeweights generates GNU Backgammon binary weights file from a text input file.  By default, it reads input from standard input and writes
       output to standard output, but input and output files may be specified on the command line.  It is only of interest if you want to regener-
       ate the gnubg.wd database from a modified gnubg.weights file.

OPTIONS

       -f     This option may be given for compatibility with the options of other GNU Backgammon programs but is ignored.

EXAMPLES

       To generate gnubg.wd from gnubg.weights:

	   makeweights gnubg.wd gnubg.weights

SEE ALSO

       gnubg(6)

AUTHORS

       Joseph Heled, Oystein Johansen, Jorn Thyssen, and Gary Wong, with the assistance of many others <bug-gnubg@gnu.org>.

       This manual page was written by Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).  It may be
       redistributed and/or modified under the terms of version 3 or later of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
       Foundation (the same license as GNU Backgammon).

								    2008-02-16							    MAKEWEIGHTS(6)