ROM game save

[brandtdaniels]

some ROMs like Zelda allow you to save your progress after you die. Where is this saved? in the ROM itself or a separate file? I know emulators have a separate save function, but that is not what i'm referring to...

After loading my roms I noticed they all have different permissions. I would think only read permissions would be needed but I need to know the answer to the above question first.

[jefflunt]

I think battery saves (like those in Zelda) are saved in a separate file. Ref.: http://www.zeldalegends.net/index.php?n=saves

Not to be confused with save states, which are the instantaneous state of a game that the emulator gives you.

That being said, I don't know why write permissions would be a problem, especially at the folder level, to allow copying new roms in. I modified the copy script so that it sets the owner and group to pi after the copy of ROM files.

[brandtdaniels]

I was more concerned with the perms of the roms. All my roms had different perms after they were loaded. I want to figure out the perms necessary and set them on all roms after they are copied in.

[jefflunt]

What do you mean, "perms"?

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Brandt Daniels [email protected]:

I was more concerned with the perms of the roms. All my roms had different
perms after they were loaded. I want to figure out the perms necessary and
set them on all roms after they are copied in.

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[brandtdaniels]

sorry...perms is short for permissions....Owner: rwx Group: rwx Other: rwx

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Jeff Lunt [email protected] wrote:

What do you mean, "perms"?

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Brandt Daniels [email protected]:

I was more concerned with the perms of the roms. All my roms had
different
perms after they were loaded. I want to figure out the perms necessary
and
set them on all roms after they are copied in.

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[jefflunt]

Ah, of course. I actually thought that recursively setting the permissions
on the /home/pi/roms folder would make all the perms the same. That's
weird.

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Brandt Daniels [email protected]:

sorry...perms is short for permissions....Owner: rwx Group: rwx Other: rwx

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Jeff Lunt [email protected]
wrote:

What do you mean, "perms"?

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Brandt Daniels <
[email protected]>wrote:

I was more concerned with the perms of the roms. All my roms had
different
perms after they were loaded. I want to figure out the perms necessary
and
set them on all roms after they are copied in.

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[brandtdaniels]

It should set it recursively. Ownership was set properly just not perms.

-Brandt

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On Jan 7, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Jeff Lunt [email protected] wrote:

Ah, of course. I actually thought that recursively setting the permissions
on the /home/pi/roms folder would make all the perms the same. That's
weird.

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Brandt Daniels [email protected]:

sorry...perms is short for permissions....Owner: rwx Group: rwx Other: rwx

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Jeff Lunt [email protected]
wrote:

What do you mean, "perms"?

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Brandt Daniels <
[email protected]>wrote:

I was more concerned with the perms of the roms. All my roms had
different
perms after they were loaded. I want to figure out the perms necessary
and
set them on all roms after they are copied in.

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[jefflunt]

Oh, duh - perms vs. ownership.

Sorry. Some days people try to tell me things, but I miss the details.

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Brandt Daniels [email protected]:

It should set it recursively. Ownership was set properly just not perms.

-Brandt

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 7, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Jeff Lunt [email protected] wrote:

Ah, of course. I actually thought that recursively setting the
permissions
on the /home/pi/roms folder would make all the perms the same. That's
weird.

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Brandt Daniels <
[email protected]>wrote:

sorry...perms is short for permissions....Owner: rwx Group: rwx Other:
rwx

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Jeff Lunt [email protected]
wrote:

What do you mean, "perms"?

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Brandt Daniels <
[email protected]>wrote:

I was more concerned with the perms of the roms. All my roms had
different
perms after they were loaded. I want to figure out the perms
necessary
and
set them on all roms after they are copied in.

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