equivalent of Process Monitor for Linux (feddit.org)

submitted 4 months ago by ackthxbye@feddit.org to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

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I wanted to move my savegame for Mainframe Defenders from my windows to linux. Unfortunately I was unable to figure out where the game expects the savegame.

Is there some equivalent of Process Monitor to figure out where the game writes my savegame to?

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[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago

You want strace on Linux. You can use it with grep, or it has some built in filtering methods as well.

[-] ackthxbye@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You could always try searching the drive for current.sav which seems to be the name of the savegame file, and I doubt that filename would be different in Linux as opposed to Windows.

Elsewhere, it is said that Steam often puts save games in these various locations:

$HOME/.local/share
$HOME/.config
$HOME/.game
$HOME/.config/unity3d
$HOME/.loki
$HOME/Documents

So check those locations as well if you haven't already.

[-] ackthxbye@feddit.org 8 points 4 months ago

It's in $HOME/.config/unity3d/ZeroTheCat/Mainframe

Thank you!

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

You're welcome, glad you were able to find it!

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