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From: adam@owlnet.rice.edu (Adam Justin Thornton)
Subject: Re: ITF problems on unix
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 22:45:29 GMT
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It _would_ be cool if pinfocom could be updated to run v4 and v5 games
too.  If I were a better programmer, I'd do it.  Sigh.

It also, just in case anyone is out there working on it, would be neat
to include a compile-time option to  make the executable suid so one
could create a local lockfile (in the owner's filespace, to avoid
/tmp diddling) and thus allow the interpreter's use by other people on
one's Unix box without letting the world read (and copy) the .dat 
files.

Adam
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