[DGD]ed shutdown?

[Felix A. Croes]

Adam Levenstein <che at worker.com> wrote:

> At 04:46 PM 1/10/99 +0100, harte at xs4all.nl wrote:
> >
> >Important when reporting a bug/error: What is the exact message that
> >you get when it happens, i.e: what is the exact 'runtime error' here?
>
> I would have if I knew...I'm using the Windows port. All it says is
> "Runtime error! Abnormal program termination" and it shuts down.

No, that is not all it says.  In the DGD window, there is also a
message, "Fatal error: cannot create editor tmpfile <foo>", indicating
that the temporary file <foo> cannot be created because a directory in
the path is non-existant.


> >Also, check if all paths in the DGD config file exist, especially the
> >one where temporary editor files are going to be stored.
>
> The config file's just fine...I double and triple-checked, just to be sure.
> Like I said, the mud worked fine until the other day.

Read Erwin's advice again, and then check it once more.

Adam, will you please start thinking before mailing?

Dworkin