This way we can tell the difference between: 1. This process obtained the lock. 2. Another process has the lock. 3. We couldn't get the lock due to not being able to open the lock file read-write. Case 3 is currently also returned if the configured journal directory doesn't exist. This will be the case on any MacOS system that never had the game running. Likely given the OS hasn't been supported for the game in years now.
Any questions or offers of help can be directed to the EDCD Discord #edmc channel:
Elite: Dangerous Market Connector (EDMC)
This application is only of use to PC players of the game Elite Dangerous (and its expansions). It won't work with PS4 or Xbox accounts.
It utilises the Journal files written by the game on the user's computer, together with data from the API Frontier Developments supplies in order to feed this data to various third party sites that the user may find useful.
See the Wiki documentation for more details.
Installation & Uninstall
Please see the Installation & Setup wiki page.
Running from source
Please see the Running from source wiki page.
Plugins
Plugins extend the behaviour of this app. See the Plugins wiki page for more information.
If you would like to write a plugin please see PLUGINS.md.
Troubleshooting
Please see the Troubleshooting wiki page.
Reporting a problem
Please report a problem as a new GitHub issue. Please wait for the error to occur and zip up and attach this app's log file to the new issue:
Mac:
$TMPDIR/EDMarketConnector.log
Windows:
%TMP%\EDMarketConnector.log
Packaging for distribution
Please see docs/Releasing.md.
Disclaimer
This app uses the “Companion” web API that Frontier originally supplied for their Elite Dangerous iOS app and now support for third-party apps. If that API ceases to function in the future then much of this application's functionality will be curtailed (although it could still utilise Journal files).
Acknowledgements
Please see the Acknowledgements wiki page.
License
Copyright © 2015-2019 Jonathan Harris, 2020 EDCD
Licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL) version 2 or later.