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From: kyrimis@tilt.FUN (Kriton Kyrimis)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Copying saved games
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Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 12:15:42 EST
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I think I have found a trick that actually works!
The procedure is the following:

1.  Save the game as normal, in rogue.save
2.  cp rogue.save good.save
3.  rogue rogue.save	/* the first time you can play with no problems */
4.  repeat
5.    cp good.save rogue.save
6.    rogue rogue.save	/* rogue will now complain as usual */
7.    NOW SAVE THE GAME IN rogue.save !!!
8.    rogue rogue.save	/* rogue will not complain, since the saved file
			   is a legitimate one */
9.  until bored with this game
10. rm good.save	/* remember: these files are huge! remove them when
			   you no longer need them! */

The above applies to rogue 5.3. I suppose it also applies to any version that
does not delete saved files when they're touched.

I haven't actually managed to test this procedure by doing a high score
(try doing that easily!) but since I don't get any diagnostics, I believe
it is correct.

			Kriton Kyrimis (princeton!tilt!kyrimis)