How can I mount a savefile in Fatdog64-800? (solved)

[superchook]

On this box I am running a frugal installation of Fatdog64-800 with several savefiles in /mnt/home. They are:

fd64saveJan.ext4
fd64saveKen.ext4
fd64saveKen.bak
fd64saveLiz.ext4
fd64saveOriginal.ext4

When booting I am offered the choice of which of the five files to use. fd64saveKen.bak is a copy of fd64saveKen.ext4 and I see no difference when using it than when using fd64save.ext4. My plan is to move this file to my backup storage device but I thought it might be instructive to see what is inside it.
If I boot up as usual with my fd64saveKen.ext what commands can I use to mount this backup file at /mnt/data?

[williams2]

what commands can I use to mount this backup file at /mnt/data?

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mount -o loop  /mnt/home/fd64saveKen.bak /mnt/data

assuming the file is in /mnt/home, or you could rename it fd64saveKen.bak.ext4 or maybe fd64saveKen.bak.4fs. It will then mount automatically if you click it (but not to /mnt/data.) At least Puppy will automount the file if clicked, not sure about fatdog, I'm running a pup at the moment.

[step]

In addition, you can mount an unmounted savefile by just navigating with ROX to the savefile location and clicking the savefile icon. It will be mounted on an automatic path, not /mnt/data. If you click the icon again the savefile will be unmounted. "filemnt" is the shell command that performs the mounting/unmounting.

[superchook]

williams2 command did exactly what I was looking for.
I did not experiment further with the other suggestions.
Thanks for the replies.