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AWALE(6)			  Games Manual				AWALE(6)

NAME
     awale - the free implementation of the African game

SYNOPSIS
     awale  [-h]  [-v] [-r] [-b board] [-o score] [-c line] [-p hole] [-d depth]
     [-l level] [-e number] [-m] [-a] [-k] [-s] [-i] [-x]

DESCRIPTION
     awale is a game widely spread in Africa and is played with different rules.
     The rules adopted in this implementation of the game are those  encountered
     in West Africa and more specifically in Ivory Coast.

OPTIONS
     -h, --help
	    display this help and exit

     -v, --version
	    display version information and exit

     -r, --rule
	    display the rule of awale game

     -b board, --board=board
	    initialize	the  board  with  board.  board  is a string of the form
	    h1-h2- ... h12 where hi is the number of seeds in hole i

     -o score, --score=score
	    initialize the score with score. score is a string of the form s1-s2
	    where sj is the score of player j

     -c line, --computer=line
	    computer begins and plays the line=1 or 2

     -p hole, --player=hole
	    player begins and first plays the hole=1...12

     -d depth, --depth=depth
	    initial depth  of  searching  for  the  min-max  algorithm	(default
	    depth=9)

     -l level, --level=level
	    play the game at level=1, 2 or 3 (default level=1)

     -e number, --eat=number,
	    maximum number of holes which can be eaten (default E=4)

     -m, --noeatmore
	    eat nothing when trying to eat more than E holes

     -a, --noeatall
	    eat nothing when trying to eat all opponent seeds

     -k, --noattackall
	    forbidden  to attack all opponent seeds excepted if this is the only
	    possible move

     -s, --single
	    process a single move

     -i, --hint
	    print hints

     -x, --xawale
	    start in engine mode. A several line  output  is  provided	at  each
	    turn.  Each line is, board=BOARD score=SCORE move=I LABEL where I is
	    the last hole played, LABEL may be COM if the turn is still in  com-
	    puting,  RUN  if the turn is finished but the game is still running,
	    END if the game is over or ERR if the played hole is invalid.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to <alain.le-bot@ec-lyon.fr>.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2006 Alain and Laurent Le Bot.  There  is  NO  warranty;  not
     even  for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  You may re-
     distribute copies of awale under the terms of the GNU  General  Public  Li-
     cense.   For more information about these matters, see the file named COPY-
     ING.

SEE ALSO
     xawale(6)

awale 1.6			   August 2009				AWALE(6)

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