                             Command : SHAREBMAP

NAME
   sharebmap - Share parts of your bmap with another country

Level: Expert

SYNTAX
   [##:##] Command : sharebmap <CNUM/CNAME> <SECTS> [<des>]

This  command  will share all of the information on your bmap with the country
<CNUM/CNAME>.  In order for it to work, they must be friendly towards you  and
your  bmaps  must  already  overlap  to some extent.  Note that your 'working'
bmaps are not compared for this, but rather your 'true' bmaps.  In particular,
you can not fool the game into thinking that your bmaps overlap through  using
the  'bdes'  command.  See the bottom of 'info bmap' for an explanation of the
difference between your 'working' and your 'true' bmap.

When sectors owned by you get transferred to your friend's bmap, they will  be
replaced  with  the  first letter of your country name (capitalized), the only
exception being harbors and bridges which will always be  transmitted.   Also,
if you want to send them the location of owned sectors having a certain desig-
nation you can specify that using the optional <des> argument.  For example if
your country name was "TheScum" and you typed:
   [##:##] Command : sharebmap Fodderland #1 j
then  all of your bmap would be added to Fodderland's bmap, with sectors owned
by you replaced with 'T', except for your '=',  'h',  and  'j'  sectors  which
would be sent as is.

Note  that the destination bmap will only be changed if in that location there
was a '?', a '.', a ' ', or the first letter of your  country  name  (capital-
ized).   Thus, the receiving country will not lose any information in this ex-
change.

Note that the sharebmap command only changes your 'working' bmap  and  so  you
can delete sharebmap information from your bmap by typing:
   [##:##] Command : bmap <SECTS> revert
See 'info bmap' for more details.

SEE ALSO
   bdes, bmap, Communication, Maps

