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diff --git a/lib/muff/muffvars.py b/lib/muff/muffvars.py
index b7879cc..1abfe86 100644
--- a/lib/muff/muffvars.py
+++ b/lib/muff/muffvars.py
@@ -1,46 +1,74 @@
 """Global variable objects for the MUFF Engine"""
 
-# Copyright (c) 2005 mudpy, Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>
-# All rights reserved.
-#
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+# Copyright (c) 2005 mudpy, Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>, all rights reserved.
+# Licensed per terms in the LICENSE file distributed with this software.
 
+# persistent variables are stored in ini-style files supported by ConfigParser
+import ConfigParser
+
+# need to be able to create the variable save file's directory
+import os
+
+# hack to load all modules in the muff package
 import muff
 for module in muff.__all__:
 	exec("import " + module)
 
+# does the files:variable setting exist yet?
+try:
+	if muffconf.get("files", "variable"): pass
+
+# if not, reload the muffconf module
+except AttributeError:
+	reload(muffconf)
+
+# now we can safely load persistent variables from file
+variable_file = muffconf.get("files", "variable")
+variable_data = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
+variable_data.read(variable_file)
+
+# if there is no userlist, create an empty one
 try:
 	if userlist: pass
 except NameError:
 	userlist = []
 
+# if there is no listening socket, create an empty one
 try:
 	if newsocket: pass
 except NameError:
 	newsocket = None
 
+# flag to raise when the world should be shut down
 terminate_world = False
+
+# flag to raise when all code modules, config and data should be reloaded
 reload_modules = False
 
+# a dict of replacement macros
+macros = {
+	"$(eol)": "\r\n",
+	"$(bld)": chr(27) + "[1m",
+	"$(nrm)": chr(27) + "[0m",
+	"$(blk)": chr(27) + "[30m",
+	"$(grn)": chr(27) + "[32m",
+	"$(red)": chr(27) + "[31m"
+	}
+
+def save():
+	"""Function to save persistent variables to a file."""
+
+	# try to open the variable file
+	try:
+		file_descriptor = file(variable_file, "w")
+
+	# failing that, make the directory in which it resides first
+	except IOError:
+		os.makedirs(os.sep.join(variable_file.split(os.sep)[:-1]))
+		file_descriptor = file(variable_file, "w")
+
+	# now write the data and close out the file
+	variable_data.write(file_descriptor)
+	file_descriptor.flush()
+	file_descriptor.close()
+