games@unc.cs.unc.edu (The Gamesmaster) (11/11/87)
Hello, we are having trouble with the version of Hack we have (ver ?.?.?) which is ~210000 bytes and dated August 31, 1985. We need some help. This program is giving everyone the message: safelock: No such file or directory Cannot link safelock. (Try again or rm safelock). each time they try to run the program. Then dies. There is no safelock directory or file in the directories of /usr/games, which is me, and the record file, in /usr/games/lib/hack, is less than 100 lines. The saved games, in /usr/games/lib/hack/save, are not too numerous (<25). Any clues as to the cause or origin of this message (which popped up fairly recently) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (11/12/87)
>/* Written 5:54 pm Nov 10, 1987 by games@unc in silver:comp.sources.bugs */ >/* ---------- "Hack safelock message" ---------- */ > >Hello, we are having trouble with the version of Hack we have (ver ?.?.?) >which is ~210000 bytes and dated August 31, 1985. >We need some help. This program is giving everyone the message: > >safelock: No such file or directory >Cannot link safelock. (Try again or rm safelock). I seem remember this happening to me when I first had nethack on our Ultrix machine. I moved it to my XT, so I can't test this now for myself, but I think if you have a file called "perm" in the hack directory, but no file called "safelock" then it should work, otherwise you get the problem you mentioned. I still have the support files set up on Ultrix (just no runfile until 2.2 comes out), and that's what I have that worked, so try it. - - - - - - - - - Steve Creps on the VAX 8650 running Ultrix 2.0-1 at Indiana University. creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (11/12/87)
By the way the protection on perm is 0666.