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Subject: Re: CometB62-3 opening book

Author: Andreas Guettinger

Date: 14:44:52 06/18/05

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On June 18, 2005 at 16:51:02, Leo Dijksman wrote:

>On June 18, 2005 at 15:48:01, Andreas Guettinger wrote:
>
>>On June 18, 2005 at 14:54:26, Leo Dijksman wrote:
>>
>>>On June 18, 2005 at 13:54:24, Andreas Guettinger wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 18, 2005 at 13:15:03, Leo Dijksman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On June 18, 2005 at 11:53:41, Andreas Guettinger wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Somehow the Comet opening book from Leos site is not loaded upon start on my
>>>>>>system (linux).
>>>>>>Is it possible to create a book from a pgn file from within console mode in
>>>>>>cometb62? Would be nice if somebody could provide this information.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>regards
>>>>>>andy
>>>>>
>>>>>I dont know about the linux version but the Windows version uses an file named
>>>>>"comet.ics", mine looks like this:
>>>>>MAX_HASH [nr of megabytes]:128
>>>>>PONDER [ON or OFF]: ON
>>>>>SELECTIVITY [ON or OFF]: ON
>>>>>BOOK [ON or OFF]: ON
>>>>>RESIGN [ON or OFF]: ON
>>>>>OFFER_DRAW [ON or OFF]: ON
>>>>>ICS-INFO [ON or OFF]: OFF
>>>>>TB_PATH: D:\SchaakData\tbs
>>>>>TB_CACHE [nr of megabytes]:32
>>>>>SHOW_PONDER [ON or OFF]: ON
>>>>>ENGINE_BEEP [ON or OFF]: OFF
>>>>>
>>>>>Specially the bookline can be interresting for you!
>>>>>I hope this helps.
>>>>>
>>>>>Leo.
>>>>
>>>>My comet.ics looks exactly the same (except of TB_PATH).
>>>>Still, it plays whithout book. I have the following files in the comet
>>>>directory:
>>>>
>>>>COMET-XB
>>>>COMET.HBK
>>>>COMET.LBK
>>>>COMET.SBK
>>>>comet.ics
>>>>comet.lrn
>>>>
>>>>Seems like the book files only work with the Winboard version. :(
>>>>
>>>>regards
>>>>Andy
>>>
>>>I have asked Uli about it, I will let you know as soon I have the answer!
>>>
>>>Best wishes,
>>>Leo.
>>
>>Many thanks for your help!
>>
>>regards
>>andy
>
>Here is the answer from Uli:
>"I have never had any problem regarding Linux-comet and book. If the 3 book
>files are in the Comet directory, then they should be found.
>Hmm, the only thing, which comes into my mind is that Linux is case sensitiv
>regarding file names whereas Windows isn't. The book file names should be in
>small letter, i.e.
>comet.sbk, comet.hbk & comet.lbk. Perhaps it's a hint to check this."
>
>So, at least we know they should work, I hope the hint from Uli will work for
>you!?
>
>Best wishes,
>Leo.

Bingo!
I changed the files to lowercase and now Comet recognizes them. Silly me.
Thanks again to you and Uli.

regards
Andy



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