https://nethackwiki.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=PermPerm - Revision history2026-08-02T14:15:29ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.9https://nethackwiki.com/index.php?title=Perm&diff=52254&oldid=prevPaxed: first info, shamelessly stolen from Pat Rankin in rgrn2010-09-04T09:42:52Z<p>first info, shamelessly stolen from Pat Rankin in rgrn</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''perm''' is an empty file used to prevent two [[NetHack]] processes<br />
from starting at the same time, so they do not use the same file name<br />
for the temporary level files.<br />
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When one process succeeds in locking the perm file, it can start<br />
(or restore) but other processes trying to start NetHack have to wait<br />
until the lock is released. Ordinarily that release happens immediately,<br />
as soon as a name for the level files is chosen. However, if the first process<br />
dies or suffers network disconnect before releasing the lock, the<br />
second and later ones are out of luck.<br />
<ref>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/msg/5cbcc76dcfc4c36b</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:annotations]]</div>Paxed