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    /*
     * Reserve two channels for our use.
     */
    if ( ( fpReserve = fopen( NULL_FILE, "r" ) ) == NULL )
    {
	perror( NULL_FILE );
	exit( 1 );
    }
    if ( ( fpLOG = fopen( NULL_FILE, "r" ) ) == NULL )
    {
	perror( NULL_FILE );
	exit( 1 );
    }

    /*
     * Get the port number.
     */
    port = 8000;
    if ( argc > 1 )
    {
       if ( !is_number( argv[1] ) )
       {
	  fprintf( stderr, "Usage: %s [port #]\n", argv[0] );
	  exit( 1 );
       }
       else if ( ( port = atoi( argv[1] ) ) <= 1024 )
       {
	  fprintf( stderr, "Port number must be above 1024.\n" );
	  exit( 1 );
       }
    }

    if (argv[2] && argv[2][0])
    {
	fCopyOver = TRUE;
	control = atoi(argv[3]);
	control2 = atoi(argv[4]);
    }   
    else
    {
	fCopyOver = FALSE;
    }

    /*
     * Run the game.
     */
#ifdef WIN32
    {
	/* Initialise Windows sockets library */

	unsigned short wVersionRequested = MAKEWORD(1, 1);
	WSADATA wsadata;
	int err;

	/* Need to include library: wsock32.lib for Windows Sockets */
	err = WSAStartup(wVersionRequested, &wsadata);
	if (err)
	{
	    fprintf(stderr, "Error %i on WSAStartup\n", err);
	    exit(1);
	}

	/* standard termination signals */
	signal(SIGINT, (void *) bailout);
	signal(SIGTERM, (void *) bailout);
  }
#endif /* WIN32 */

    log_string("Booting Database");
    boot_db( fCopyOver );

void load_structures( )
{
    FILE *fpList;
    char *filename;
    char structurelist[256];
    char buf[MAX_STRING_LENGTH];
    
    first_structure    = NULL;
    last_structure     = NULL;

    sprintf( structurelist, "%s%s", STRUCTURE_DIR, STRUCTURE_LIST );
    fclose( fpReserve );
    if ( ( fpList = fopen( structurelist, "r" ) ) == NULL )
    {
        perror( structurelist );
	exit( 1 );
    }

    for ( ; ; )
    {
	filename = feof( fpList ) ? "$" : fread_word( fpList );
	if ( filename[0] == '$' )
	  break;	  
       
        if ( !load_structure( filename ) )
	{
          sprintf( buf, "Cannot load structure file: %s", filename );
	  bug( buf, 0 );
	}
    }
    fclose( fpList );
    fpReserve = fopen( NULL_FILE, "r" );
    return;

}

    fpReserve = fopen( NULL_FILE, "r" );

    return;

fpReserve = fopen( NULL_FILE, "r" );

if ( ( fpReserve = fopen( NULL_FILE, "r" ) ) == NULL )
    {
	perror( NULL_FILE );
	exit( 1 );
    }

  #define NULL_FILE	"/dev/null"	/* To reserve one stream*/

fpReserve = NULL;