*IceCon* is a Q3-compatible RCON client. It can connect to any server that implements RCON over a Q3-compatible network protocol (UDP) and even comes with a nice, straight minimal GUI.
Specifically, this tool has been written for quick administration of modified Modern Warfare 2 ("IW4M") servers. A Windows user could easily set up shortcuts on the desktop that run `icecon.exe -gui <server:port> <password>` which gives you an instant GUI to run commands on your server. Another use case would be scripting on a Linux server by running `icecon -command "<your command here>" <server:port> <password>` to automate specific tasks. Alternatively you can scroll through the recent command history using the arrow keys up and down. This allows for fast traversal of the recently used commands.
You can download the source code from GitHub, either via Git (`git clone https://github.com/icedream/icecon.git`) or as a source code archive via the "Download ZIP"/"Download TAR.GZ" button at the top right of the [GitHub project page](https://github.com/icedream/icecon).
## Compiling from source code
In most cases, simply installing [Go 1.6 or newer](http://golang.org) and running `go build -i -v .` will give you a single binary that contains everything you need to run *IceCon*.
If you need to regenerate the UI code files (`*_ui.go`) and/or the Windows resource data (`rsrc_windows.syso`), make sure to follow these steps:
- Set up a `GOPATH` as environment variable that points to an existing folder. This folder will be used by Go to store compiled libraries and installed binaries which will be needed for the next step.
- Ensure you have `$GOPATH/bin` (`%GOPATH%\bin` on Windows) included in your `PATH` environment variable.
