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Subject: Re: How to make book using polyglot?

Author: Thomas Logan

Date: 04:56:01 10/20/05

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On October 19, 2005 at 19:39:53, Russell wrote:

>What command line is he talking about in here? Need Help in making a good Book
>for Shredder.
>
>Book Making
>-----------
>
>*** NEW ***
>
>You can compile a PGN file into a binary book using PolyGlot on the
>command line.  At the moment, only a main (random) book is provided.
>It is not yet possible to control opening lines manually.  I am
>working on it though.
>
>Usage: "polyglot make-book <options>".
>
>"make-book" options are:
>
>- "-pgn"
>
>Name of the input PGN file.  PolyGlot should support any
>standard-conforming file.  Let me know if you encounter a problem.

Any standard conforming file ?

Arena Abk, Shredder bkt, CB ctg
>
>- "-bin"
>
>Name of the output binary file.  I suggest ".bin" as the extension but
>in fact PolyGlot does not care.

Will this allow output to be used as an engine book for engines that use the
format book.bin ?

Tom



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