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From: pearse@hound.UUCP (S.PEARSE)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Copying saved games
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Date: Sat, 16-Mar-85 23:10:23 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 16 23:10:23 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 18-Mar-85 02:13:07 EST
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Has anyone wrote a program which will copy programs which preserve
the access and modification times of the source file? This would
allow successful copying of saved rogue games. I have a copy of
"cpx", but that only makes one exact copy, changing the access
time of the original. I need a program that can make *two* copies
so I can restart one, leaving another in case I die.

Or am I barking up a tree? Will rogue start up identical copies,
one after the other? Or does it keep track of every saved file,
scratching it off its list when I restore it? 

I am intent on figuring this out. I cannot afford to start at the
beginning of the game each time I slip deep in the dungeon. This 
one is for all you UNIX wizards.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Pearse
ihnp4!hound!pearse