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diff --git a/src/server/io.h b/src/server/io.h
index 78cb068..2f8397f 100644
--- a/src/server/io.h
+++ b/src/server/io.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-/* io.h:
+/* io.h
  *
- * Communication of the server with the outside world via input fifo and output
- * file.
+ * Communication of the server with the outside world and its client via input,
+ * output and world state files.
  */
 
 #ifndef IO_H
@@ -10,21 +10,26 @@
 
 
 /* Return single \0-terminated string read from input queue (world.queue); or,
- * if queue is empty and world.turn is unequal world.last_update_turn, update
- * output file at world.path_out (and update world.last_update_turn), then read
- * file at world.path_in for the next load of bytes to put onto the input queue.
+ * if queue is empty and world.do_update is set, update world state file (and
+ * unset world.do_update) and write a single dot line to server out file, then
+ * read server in file for the next load of bytes to put onto the input queue.
  *
- * Reading the file at world.path_in may put many \0-terminated strings on the
- * queue at once. Successive calls of io_round() will make these available one
- * by one. Each such call cuts off bytes from the beginning of world.queue, up
- * to and including the last \0 byte that is followed by a non-\0 byte or ends
- * the queue. If the queue starts with a \0 byte, it and its \0 followers are
- * cut and a NULL pointer is returned. Reading from the input file stops only
- * when one or more byte were read and the next read returns 0 bytes. If the
+ * Reading the server in file may put many \0-terminated strings on the queue at
+ * once. Successive calls of io_round() will make these available one by one.
+ * Each such call cuts off bytes from the beginning of world.queue, up to and
+ * including the last \0 byte that is followed by a non-\0 byte or ends the
+ * queue. If the queue starts with a \0 byte, it and its \0 followers are cut
+ * and a NULL pointer is returned. Reading from the input file stops only when
+ * one or more byte were read and the next read returns 0 bytes. If the
  * re-filled queue does not end in a \0 byte, a \0 byte is appended to it.
  */
 extern char * io_round();
 
+/* Write to savefile (atomically) god commands (one per line) to rebuild the
+ * current world state.
+ */
+extern void save_world();
+
 
 
 #endif