From 1515156a12eaa949183087d7a22e964e42f7285f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Peddell <klightspeed@killerwolves.net>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 19:36:19 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Add --no-background option to start command

---
 tools/arkmanager | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index f8ead29..206a134 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -1150,11 +1150,21 @@ doStart() {
     if [[ " $* " =~ " --alwaysrestart " ]]; then
       arkAlwaysRestartOnCrash=true
     fi
+    
+    nobackground=
+    if [[ " $* " =~ " --no-background " ]]; then
+      nobackground=1
+    fi
+    
     tput sc
     logprint "The server is starting..."
 
     local pid=$!
-    if [[ -n "$arkPriorityBoost" || -n "$arkCpuAffinity" ]]; then
+    if [[ -n "$nobackground" ]]; then
+      echo
+      doRun "$@"
+      return
+    elif [[ -n "$arkPriorityBoost" || -n "$arkCpuAffinity" ]]; then
       doRun --wait </dev/null > >(while read -r l; do printf "%s: [%s] %s\n" "$(timestamp)" "${instance}" "${l}" >>"$logdir/$arkserverLog"; done) 2>&1 & # output of this command is logged
       local pid="$!"