Re: [Scid-users] Single instance

[Jan G. <jan...@zo...>]

>> Why isn't there a command-line option (like --use), for using the  
>> running  instance instead of opening a new instance.
>
> It's not implemented by a commandline switch but by an external helper  
> called sc_remote. Try if using this helper instead of the Scid main  
> program solves your problem already.

No, unfortunately not, sc_remote opens another instance just like Scid.

>> This could also be useful for downloading (twic) pgn files from the  
>> web.  Adding them to the main games database can then be done by simply  
>> dragging  the new opened pgn base in the database switcher.
>
> Depending on what you want to do you could automatise this further by  
> calling sc_import. Ie. you could e.g. fetch your games from twic using  
> wget/curl/whatever, unpack using unzip -j and then do something like

Opera browser, I suppose most server-admins are smart enough to send their  
content automatically compressed (gz), so no need to zip it before.

> sc_import twicdatabase TWIC123.pgn
>
> and only then fire up
>
> scid twicdatabase
>
> BTW: If you're fetching from TWIC automagically you might want to notice  
> that TWIC sometimes produces a bunch of doublette games for running  
> events. Deduping the base might be necessary:
>
> sc_spell twicdatabase /path/to/ratings.ssp
>
> HTH.
>

Great tips.

Jan

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