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canfield, cfscores - the solitaire card game canfieldSYNOPSIScanfield
cfscores
DESCRIPTION
If you have never played solitaire before, it is recom-
mended that you consult a solitaire instruction book. In
Canfield, tableau cards may be built on each other down-
ward in alternate colors. An entire pile must be moved as
a unit in building. Top cards of the piles are available
to be played on foundations, but never into empty spaces.
Spaces must be filled from the stock. The top card of the
stock also is available to be played on foundations or
built on tableau piles. After the stock is exhausted,
tableau spaces may be filled from the talon and the player
may keep them open until he wishes to use them.
Cards are dealt from the hand to the talon by threes and
this repeats until there are no more cards in the hand or
the player quits. To have cards dealt onto the talon the
player types 'ht' for his move. Foundation base cards are
also automatically moved to the foundation when they
become available.
The command 'c' causes canfield to maintain card counting
statistics on the bottom of the screen. When properly
used this can greatly increase one's chances of winning.
The rules for betting are somewhat less strict than those
used in the official version of the game. The initial
deal costs $13. You may quit at this point or inspect the
game. Inspection costs $13 and allows you to make as many
moves as possible without moving any cards from your hand
to the talon. (The initial deal places three cards on the
talon; if all these cards are used, three more are made
available.) Finally, if the game seems interesting, you
must pay the final installment of $26. At this point you
are credited at the rate of $5 for each card on the foun-
dation; as the game progresses you are credited with $5
for each card that is moved to the foundation. Each run
through the hand after the first costs $5. The card
counting feature costs $1 for each unknown card that is
identified. If the information is toggled on, you are
only charged for cards that became visible since it was
last turned on. Thus the maximum cost of information is
$34. Playing time is charged at a rate of $1 per minute.
With no arguments, the program cfscores prints out the
current status of your canfield account. If a user name
is specified, it prints out the status of their canfield
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account. If the -a flag is specified, it prints out the
canfield accounts for all users that have played the game
since the database was set up.
FILES
/usr/games/canfield the game itself
/usr/games/cfscores the database printer
/usr/games/lib/cfscores the database of scores
BUGS
It is impossible to cheat.
AUTHORS
Originally written: Steve Levine
Further random hacking by: Steve Feldman, Kirk McKusick,
Mikey Olson, and Eric Allman.
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