term% cat index.txt BRIDGE(6) Games Manual BRIDGE(6)
NAME
bridge - card game
SYNOPSIS
/usr/games/bridge [ arg ] ...
DESCRIPTION
Bridge manages bridge games among four players. A master process medi‐
ates the flow of information between player processes. Each player
process is either a `robot' player or a cursor-controlled screen inter‐
face with a human player.
If several humans wish to play each invokes bridge and a rendezvous
protocol hooks them together in a common game. Once the game is set up
bridge displays a diagram similar to those in newspaper bridge columns.
Bids are coded p for pass, d for double, 3n for three notrump, and so
on. Plays are coded c3 for the club three, ht for the heart ten, and
so on. A menu of common commands appears at the bottom of the screen;
further help may be obtained by typing +.
Arguments take several forms:
-h nhumans
humans=nhumans
Join (or set up and join) a game with indicated number of human
players.
-s seed
seed=seed
Initialize the random number generator. Useful for duplicate
play.
-f file
deck=file
Take the initial shuffled card deck from named file.
-r file
script=file
Make a record of the game in the named file.
-d dealership
dlr=dealership
Specify dealership with a one-letter direction code.
-v vulnerability
vuln=vulnerability
Specify vulnerability with one of these codes: none both n-s e-
w.
-t
tough Do not display bidding history on player's screen.
FILES
/tmp/nbridgez* rendezvous file for robots
/tmp/mbridgey* rendezvous file for humans
/tmp/mbridge* temporary lock file
/dev/pt/pt* interprocess communication
/etc/termcap
DEBUG recipient of debugging messages
SEE ALSO
J. A. Reeds and L. A. Shepp, Bridge: An exciting new card game, TM
11217-840119-02, TM 11218-840119-01.
BUGS
Occasionally the whole program goes dead.
The robots' bridge technique has subtle bugs.
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