unfortunately I don't remember how he plaied gba, but in GBA ROM folder there are no saves.

So I was looking around in different forums and exploring the RetroPie files myself a bit.

I want to create a menu selection under the RetroPie menu to run the save file backup. Here is what I'm thinking may work:

create an empty .rp file called gavesave-backup.rp under /home/pi/RetroPie/retropiemenu create an icon and call it gsbackup.png and save it under ~/RetroPie/retropiemenu/icons/ create an entry in the gamelist.xml file under /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/retropiemenu/ directory with: <game> <path>./gamesave-backup.rp</path> <name>Gamesave Backup</name> <desc>Create a backup of all your games savefiles and save states and export them to a USB stick.</desc> <image>~/RetroPie/retropiemenu/icons/gsbackup.png</image> </game> create a SH script named gamesave-backup.sh under /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/ to backup SRM, STATE, and DAT files (for CaveStory gamesaves). For example: #!/bin/bash find . -name "*.srm" -o -name "*.state*" -o -name "*.dat" | xargs cp --parents -t /media/(name of USB drive)/

So once all that is done, it should hopefully run from the menu. I have a few concerns though.
Will it run and come back to the RetroPie menu?
Will it just go to a black screen and not come back?
What will happen if someone runs it without having the USB plugged in, or puts in another USB that doesn't have the name listed in the SH file?
Is there a better way to define the USB by mounting it first rather than specifying it by name?

Can anyone check this or give me some clarification? Thanks in advance.

@cyperghost I got drawn here by @Vanpotheosis' post and thought it could be a good idea to add a little something that may be useful to other drive-by readers. :) I didn't know Linux Reader before, it may be a good advice to some of my Windows-using friends.

@cyperghost said in ROM Save Files:

@Vanpotheosis

I guess people want to show you how smart and elite they are in their linux prowess ;-)

First time that someone called my suggestion as linux elite like by using a Windows programm - sounds strange. But I recommend you to get in touch with SSH and the terminal. It offers the valuest way.

That was @Verced, not @Vanpotheosis. ;)