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+#!/bin/sh
+# stress-test script
+# requires users test1...test${max} to be defined in /dgl-login, /dgldir/ttyrec
+# and /dgldir/rcfiles.
+# current directory must contain the dgamelaunch to be used
+
+# Be sure to change these variables
+conffile="test2.conf"
+chrootdir="chroot-2"
+hackdir="/usr/local/lib/nethack"
+max=19
+
+# clean up previous cruft
+rm -f "$chrootdir"/dgldir/inprogress/*
+rm -f "$chrootdir$hackdir"/save/*[0-9]test[0-9]*
+
+export conffile i
+i=1
+while [ $i -le $max ]; do
+	xterm -e sh -c '(sleep 1; echo "ltest$i"; echo aa; echo -n py i; cat) | ./dgamelaunch -f "$conffile" '&
+	sleep 1
+	i=$(($i+1))
+done
+