Init script for minecraft/bukkit servers

A init script that apart form starting and stopping the server correctly also has some extra features for running a mincraft/craftbukkit server.

Features

Utilization of ramdisk for world data, decreases lag when getting world chunks
Cleaning of server.log, a big log file slows down the server
Backup for worlds
Server updating and complete backup

Requirements

screen, rsync

Access server console

screen -r minecraft

Exit the console

Ctrl+A D

Setup

Symlink the minecraft file to /etc/init.d/minecraft, set the required premissions and update rc.d.

 sudo ln -s ~/minecraft-init/minecraft /etc/init.d/minecraft
 chmod 755  ~/minecraft-init/minecraft
 sudo update-rc.d minecraft defaults

Edit the variables in config.example to your needs and rename it to config (leaving it in the same folder as the original minecraft script)
Move your worlds to the folder specified by WORLDSTORAGE

Edit crontab

As the server user:

 crontab -e

Add these lines:

 #m 	h 	dom	mon	dow	command
 02 	05 	*	*	*	/etc/init.d/minecraft backup
 55 	04 	*	*	*	/etc/init.d/minecraft log-roll
 */30 	* 	*	*	*	/etc/init.d/minecraft to-disk

To load a world from ramdisk run:
```
 /etc/init.d/minecraft ramdisk WORLDNAME
```
to disable ramdisk, run the same command again.

For more help with the script, run

/etc/init.d/minecraft help

Good stuff