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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# a helpful script that scrapes any active game saves from wine's storage
+# area into a spooling saves folder for archiving.
+
+source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"
+
+#we are missing the netcp thing. why????
+
+WINE_SOURCE_DIR="$HOME/wine_goods/My Games"
+SPOOLING_OUTPUT_DIR="$HOME/data/spooling_saves"
+
+if [ ! -d "$WINE_SOURCE_DIR" ]; then
+ WINE_SOURCE_DIR="/cygdrive/c/users/fred/My Documents/My Games"
+fi
+if [ ! -d "$WINE_SOURCE_DIR" ]; then
+ echo "Failing to find the game save directories."
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$SPOOLING_OUTPUT_DIR" ]; then
+ mkdir -p "$SPOOLING_OUTPUT_DIR"
+ test_or_die Creating spooling output directory.
+fi
+
+# copies the files for a particular game out to a spooling folder.
+function copyem()
+{
+ game_name="$1"; shift
+ source_dir="$1"; shift
+ out_dir="$1"; shift
+
+ if [ -d "$source_dir" ]; then
+ echo $game_name
+#old cp -v -n "$source_dir"/* "$out_dir"/
+ netcp "$source_dir"/* "$out_dir"/
+ sep 28
+ fi
+}
+
+# make the output folders if they don't exist.
+for i in skyrim fallout_new_vegas fallout_3/Saves oblivion fallout_4/Saves ; do
+ if [ ! -d "$SPOOLING_OUTPUT_DIR/$i" ]; then
+ mkdir -p "$SPOOLING_OUTPUT_DIR/$i"
+ fi
+done
+
+# now run through and copy our save files from the potentially weird locations
+# they reside in.
+
+sep 28
+
+copyem "skyrim" "$WINE_SOURCE_DIR/Skyrim/Saves" "$SPOOLING_OUTPUT_DIR/skyrim"
+
+copyem "fallout new vegas" "$WINE_SOURCE_DIR/FalloutNV/Saves" "$SPOOLING_OUTPUT_DIR/fallout_new_vegas"
+
+copyem "fallout 3" "$WINE_SOURCE_DIR/Fallout3/Saves" "$SPOOLING_OUTPUT_DIR/fallout_3/Saves"
+
+copyem "oblivion" "$WINE_SOURCE_DIR/Oblivion/Saves" "$SPOOLING_OUTPUT_DIR/oblivion/"
+
+copyem "fallout 4" "$WINE_SOURCE_DIR/Fallout4/Saves" "$SPOOLING_OUTPUT_DIR/fallout_4/Saves"
+
+