From the NannyMUD documentation

LAST CHANGE

2000-12-11

FUNCTION

NAME
        restore_object - load global variables in current object from file


SYNTAX
	int restore_object(string filename)

DESCRIPTION
	Loads all nonstatic global variables from a specifically formatted
	file given by 'filename'. The format of the file is:
		variable_name	variable_value

		intvar		number
		stringvar	"stringvalue"
		arrayvar	({ variable_values })
		mappingvar	([ index:value ])



NOTE
	The filename on the disc will have a suffix '.o', which you should
	NOT include in the argument to restore_object().


SEE ALSO
        save_object in efun/object_related/save_object