====== Maintenance and files ======

===== ermaint =====

<code>
ermaint [-d dir] daily        the nightly run
ermaint [-d dir] new [-force] [-players N] [-days N] [-hollow 0-3] [-peace N] [-difficulty 1-3] [-seed N]
ermaint [-d dir] join "House name" "Player name" [-ai]
ermaint [-d dir] turn         play one turn now
ermaint [-d dir] status       the standings
ermaint [-d dir] events H [D] house H's events (for day D)
ermaint [-d dir] fame         the Hall of Fame
ermaint [-d dir] news         the last night's news
ermaint [-d dir] sim HOUSES DAYS [SEED]   a test game played by computer houses
</code>

''new'' uses REACH.CFG, with any ''-players'', ''-days'', ''-hollow'', ''-peace'', ''-difficulty'' or ''-seed'' given on top. It refuses to replace a running game unless ''-force'' is given; the old game is kept as ''OLDGAME.DAT''. For ''-difficulty'', 1 is Easy, 2 Normal and 3 Hard.

''daily'' starts a new game if there is none, or if the last one ended and ''AutoRestart'' is on (or every night with ''DailyReset''); otherwise it plays the day's turn. Then it writes NEWS.TXT, the Hall of Fame and MAINT.LOG.

===== Files in the game folder =====

^ File ^ What it is ^
| ''REACH.CFG'' | Settings for new games |
| ''REACH.DAT'' | The game. ''REACH.NEW'' and ''REACH.OLD'' are short-lived copies made while saving; if REACH.DAT is ever missing, the programs put it back from them |
| ''REACH.BK0''-''BK6'' | A copy of the game before each night's turn (7 days) |
| ''EVENTS.DAT'' | What happened, for each house (7 days kept) |
| ''MSGS.DAT'' | Messages between players |
| ''NEWS.TXT'' | The last night's news and standings |
| ''FAME.TXT'' | The Hall of Fame |
| ''MAINT.LOG'' | One line for everything maintenance did (''MAINT.OLD'' once it passes 256K) |
| ''ERRORS.LOG'' | Doors that stopped with an error |
| ''OLDGAME.DAT'', ''OLDEVENT.DAT'', ''OLDMSGS.DAT'' | The previous game |
| ''REACH.LCK'' | A folder that exists while a program is changing the game |
| ''MAINT.RUN'' | Exists while maintenance runs |

A lock or MAINT.RUN left behind by a crash clears itself: a door's lock after 20 seconds, maintenance's and reachcfg's after 30 minutes.

===== Backups =====

Back up the whole game folder. To go back a day, stop the BBS event, copy the right ''REACH.BKn'' over ''REACH.DAT'', and start it again.