====== Files and backups ======

===== The server folder =====
^ File or folder ^ What it is ^
| ''lordsrv.exe'' | The server and its console. |
| ''lord.exe'' | The game; one copy runs for each player. |
| ''lordcfg.exe'' | The game set-up program. |
| ''dosbox\'' | DOSBox-X, ''LSFOSSIL.COM'' and its source, for IGMs and the DOS prompt (see [[igms]]). |
| ''template\'' | The files a new game folder starts with. |
| ''lordsrv.ini'' | The server's settings (see [[settings]]). |
| ''users.dat'' | The accounts (tab-separated; passwords salted and hashed). |
| ''bbses.dat'' | The BBSes with keys (the keys as hashes) (see [[linking_a_bbs]]). |
| ''lordsrv.log'' | The log. |
| ''lordsrv.run'' | Held open while the server runs, so only one runs in the folder. |
| ''lordsrv.key'' | The console's key, while the server runs. |
| ''lordsrv.stop'' | Create it to stop the server. |
| ''games\A\'' ... | Each game: ''lord.ini'', ''player.bin'', ''state.bin'', the daily news, mail, ''error.log'', ''3RDPARTY.DAT'', ''MAINT.BAT'', its IGMs and their files. |
| ''nodes\A1\'' ... | Each node's ''DOOR32.SYS'' (and ''DOOR.SYS'', ''DOSBOX.CONF'' for IGMs). |
| ''text\'' | Your own screens (see [[screens]]). |
| ''QUICKSTART.TXT'', ''README.TXT'' | Getting started, and the full manual. |

===== The drop file =====
For each player the server writes ''DOOR32.SYS'' in the node folder and runs ''lord.exe -d <drop file> -p <game folder> -r <rows>''. Its real-name line is the account name (''Bob@EXB''), which the game knows the player by; its alias line is the name on their BBS (''Bob'').

===== Backups =====
Back up the whole server folder. What matters: ''games\'', ''users.dat'', ''bbses.dat'' and ''lordsrv.ini''. Copies taken while the server runs can catch a game file being written; stopping the server first is safest, or take the copy at a quiet time.

Before upgrading, a copy of ''lordsrv.ini'' and the program files lets you go back.