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authorjsm <jsm@NetBSD.org>2000-09-08 17:18:36 +0000
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-.\" $NetBSD: battlestar.6,v 1.7 1999/07/28 01:45:41 hubertf Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: battlestar.6,v 1.8 2000/09/08 17:18:36 jsm Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)battlestar.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
.\"
-.Dd May 31, 1993
+.Dd September 7, 2000
.Dt BATTLESTAR 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -120,15 +120,35 @@ want to take advantage of it. That is, saying "take knife" and then
"drop"
will drop the knife you just took.
.Sh SCORE & INVEN
-The two commands "score" and "inven" will print out your current status
-in the game.
+The two commands
+.Dq score
+and
+.Dq inven
+will print out your current status in the game.
.Sh SAVING A GAME
-The command "save" will save your game in a file, by default called
-".Bstar" in your home directory. You
-can recover a saved game by using the
+The command
+.Dq save
+will save your game in a file called
+.Pa .Bstar
+in your home directory
+by default.
+You can recover a saved game by using the
.Fl r
option when you start up the
game, or by giving the name of the saved file as an argument.
+Save files will be saved to and restored from your home directory unless a
+path is specified \- i.e.,
+.Dq Li battlestar -r savedgame
+will look for
+.Pa savedgame
+in your home directory,
+but
+.Dq Li battlestar -r ./savedgame
+will look in the current directory.
+.Dq Li battlestar -r
+will look for the default file,
+.Pa .Bstar
+in your home directory.
.Sh DIRECTIONS
The compass directions N, S, E, and W can be used if you have a compass.
If you don't have a compass, you'll have to say R, L, A, or B, which