<h3 class="section">4.5 Load and Save options</h3>
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-<dt>-lgf or -loadGameFile file<dt>-lgi or -loadGameIndex index<dd><a name="index-lgf_002c-option-400"></a><a name="index-loadGameFile_002c-option-401"></a><a name="index-lgi_002c-option-402"></a><a name="index-loadGameIndex_002c-option-403"></a>If the <code>loadGameFile</code> option is set, XBoard loads the specified
+<dt>-lgf or -loadGameFile file<dt>-lgi or -loadGameIndex index<dd><a name="index-lgf_002c-option-401"></a><a name="index-loadGameFile_002c-option-402"></a><a name="index-lgi_002c-option-403"></a><a name="index-loadGameIndex_002c-option-404"></a>If the <code>loadGameFile</code> option is set, XBoard loads the specified
game file at startup. The file name <samp><span class="file">-</span></samp> specifies the standard
input. If there is more than one game in the file, XBoard
pops up a menu of the available games, with entries based on their PGN
positions or games in auto-increment <code>matchMode</code>.
See <code>loadPositionIndex</code> and <code>loadGameIndex</code>.
default: 0 (no rewind).
-<br><dt>-td or -timeDelay seconds<dd><a name="index-td_002c-option-404"></a><a name="index-timeDelay_002c-option-405"></a>Time delay between moves during ‘<samp><span class="samp">Load Game</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">Analyze File</span></samp>’.
+<br><dt>-td or -timeDelay seconds<dd><a name="index-td_002c-option-405"></a><a name="index-timeDelay_002c-option-406"></a>Time delay between moves during ‘<samp><span class="samp">Load Game</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">Analyze File</span></samp>’.
Fractional seconds are allowed; try ‘<samp><span class="samp">-td 0.4</span></samp>’.
A time delay value of -1 tells
XBoard not to step through game files automatically. Default: 1 second.
-<br><dt>-sgf or -saveGameFile file<dd><a name="index-sgf_002c-option-406"></a><a name="index-saveGameFile_002c-option-407"></a>If this option is set, XBoard appends a record of every game
+<br><dt>-sgf or -saveGameFile file<dd><a name="index-sgf_002c-option-407"></a><a name="index-saveGameFile_002c-option-408"></a>If this option is set, XBoard appends a record of every game
played to the specified file. The file name <samp><span class="file">-</span></samp> specifies the
standard output.
-<br><dt>-autosave/-xautosave or -autoSaveGames true/false<dd><a name="index-autosave_002c-option-408"></a><a name="index-autoSaveGames_002c-option-409"></a>Sets the Auto Save menu option. See <a href="Options-Menu.html#Options-Menu">Options Menu</a>. Default: false.
+<br><dt>-autosave/-xautosave or -autoSaveGames true/false<dd><a name="index-autosave_002c-option-409"></a><a name="index-autoSaveGames_002c-option-410"></a>Sets the Auto Save menu option. See <a href="Options-Menu.html#Options-Menu">Options Menu</a>. Default: false.
Ignored if <code>saveGameFile</code> is set.
-<br><dt>-onlyOwnGames true/false<dd><a name="index-onlyOwnGames_002c-option-410"></a>Suppresses auto-saving of ICS observed games. Default: false.
-<br><dt>-lpf or -loadPositionFile file<dt>-lpi or -loadPositionIndex index<dd><a name="index-lpf_002c-option-411"></a><a name="index-loadPositionFile_002c-option-412"></a><a name="index-lpi_002c-option-413"></a><a name="index-loadPositionIndex_002c-option-414"></a>If the <code>loadPositionFile</code> option is set, XBoard loads the
+<br><dt>-onlyOwnGames true/false<dd><a name="index-onlyOwnGames_002c-option-411"></a>Suppresses auto-saving of ICS observed games. Default: false.
+<br><dt>-lpf or -loadPositionFile file<dt>-lpi or -loadPositionIndex index<dd><a name="index-lpf_002c-option-412"></a><a name="index-loadPositionFile_002c-option-413"></a><a name="index-lpi_002c-option-414"></a><a name="index-loadPositionIndex_002c-option-415"></a>If the <code>loadPositionFile</code> option is set, XBoard loads the
specified position file at startup. The file name <samp><span class="file">-</span></samp> specifies the
standard input. If the <code>loadPositionIndex</code> option is set to N,
the Nth position found in the file is loaded; otherwise the
in the file is used twice (with the engines playing opposite colors).
The <code>rewindIndex</code> option causes the index to be reset to the
first position of the file when it has reached a specified value.
-<br><dt>-spf or -savePositionFile file<dd><a name="index-spf_002c-option-415"></a><a name="index-savePositionFile_002c-option-416"></a>If this option is set, XBoard appends the final position reached
+<br><dt>-spf or -savePositionFile file<dd><a name="index-spf_002c-option-416"></a><a name="index-savePositionFile_002c-option-417"></a>If this option is set, XBoard appends the final position reached
in every game played to the specified file. The file name <samp><span class="file">-</span></samp>
specifies the standard output.
-<br><dt>-pgnExtendedInfo true/false<dd><a name="index-pgnExtendedInfo_002c-option-417"></a>If this option is set, XBoard saves depth, score and time used for each
+<br><dt>-pgnExtendedInfo true/false<dd><a name="index-pgnExtendedInfo_002c-option-418"></a>If this option is set, XBoard saves depth, score and time used for each
move that the engine found as a comment in the PGN file.
Default: false.
-<br><dt>-pgnEventHeader string<dd><a name="index-pgnEventHeader_002c-option-418"></a>Sets the name used in the PGN event tag to string.
+<br><dt>-pgnEventHeader string<dd><a name="index-pgnEventHeader_002c-option-419"></a>Sets the name used in the PGN event tag to string.
Default: "Computer Chess Game".
-<br><dt>-pgnNumberTag true/false<dd><a name="index-pgnNumberTag_002c-option-419"></a>Include the (unique) sequence number of a tournament game into the saved
+<br><dt>-pgnNumberTag true/false<dd><a name="index-pgnNumberTag_002c-option-420"></a>Include the (unique) sequence number of a tournament game into the saved
PGN file as a 'number' tag.
Default: false.
-<br><dt>-saveOutOfBookInfo true/false<dd><a name="index-saveOutOfBookInfo_002c-option-420"></a>Include the information on how the engine(s) game out of its opening book
+<br><dt>-saveOutOfBookInfo true/false<dd><a name="index-saveOutOfBookInfo_002c-option-421"></a>Include the information on how the engine(s) game out of its opening book
in a special 'annotator' tag with the PGN file.
Default: true.
-<br><dt>-oldsave/-xoldsave or -oldSaveStyle true/false<dd><a name="index-oldsave_002c-option-421"></a><a name="index-oldSaveStyle_002c-option-422"></a>Sets the Old Save Style menu option. See <a href="Options-Menu.html#Options-Menu">Options Menu</a>. Default: false.
-<br><dt>-gameListTags string<dd><a name="index-gameListTags_002c-option-423"></a>The character string lists the PGN tags that should be printed in the
+<br><dt>-oldsave/-xoldsave or -oldSaveStyle true/false<dd><a name="index-oldsave_002c-option-422"></a><a name="index-oldSaveStyle_002c-option-423"></a>Sets the Old Save Style menu option. See <a href="Options-Menu.html#Options-Menu">Options Menu</a>. Default: false.
+<br><dt>-gameListTags string<dd><a name="index-gameListTags_002c-option-424"></a>The character string lists the PGN tags that should be printed in the
Game List, and their order. The meaning of the codes is e=event,
s=site, d=date, o=round, p=players, r=result, w=white Elo, b=black Elo,
t=time control, v=variant, a=out-of-book info, c=result comment.
Default: "eprd"
-<br><dt>-ini or -settingsFile filename<dt>-saveSettingsFile filename<dt>@filename<dd><a name="index-saveSettingsFile_002c-option-424"></a><a name="index-SettingsFile_002c-option-425"></a><a name="index-init_002c-option-426"></a><a name="index-at-sign_002c-option-427"></a>When XBoard encounters an option -settingsFile (or -ini for short),
+<br><dt>-ini or -settingsFile filename<dt>-saveSettingsFile filename<dt>@filename<dd><a name="index-saveSettingsFile_002c-option-425"></a><a name="index-SettingsFile_002c-option-426"></a><a name="index-init_002c-option-427"></a><a name="index-at-sign_002c-option-428"></a>When XBoard encounters an option -settingsFile (or -ini for short),
or @filename, it tries to read the mentioned file,
and substitutes the contents of it (presumaby more command-line options)
in place of the option.
a -saveSettingsFile and -settingsFile options to specify a settings file
accessible to the individual user, such as ~/.xboardrc in the user's
home directory.
-<br><dt>-saveSettingsOnExit true/false<dd><a name="index-saveSettingsOnExit_002c-option-428"></a>Controls saving of options on the settings file. See <a href="Options-Menu.html#Options-Menu">Options Menu</a>.
+<br><dt>-saveSettingsOnExit true/false<dd><a name="index-saveSettingsOnExit_002c-option-429"></a>Controls saving of options on the settings file. See <a href="Options-Menu.html#Options-Menu">Options Menu</a>.
Default: true.
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