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Updated Quake 4 Linux Binaries

by Maarten Goldstein, Aug 08, 2006 4:28am PDT

Related Topics – Quake 4, id software

The .plan file (yes someone is still using those) of id Software's Timothee Besset notes that a new build of the Quake 4 Linux binaries is now available. The 1.32 release addresses installer and SMP issues found after the release of 1.3. You can find the updated files on FileShack.

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The name '.plan' comes from the fact that on old Unix systems you could have a file named .plan in your home directory. When you queried a user (one of the ways being the finger service) you got the contents of their .plan file, sometimes their .project file.

On Unix systems, files that start with . are hidden when you use default ls flags to list directory contents, so you could keep your current thoughts there without having it show every time you looked at your home directory.

Aug 08, 2006 9:47am PDT

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The name '.plan' comes from the fact that on old Unix systems you could have a file named .plan in your h... : dynerman
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- argh, this is in reply to #4 :) : dynerman
- Ahh, OK, thanks for clearing that up. : Silent Sorrow

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You know, one thing I've always wondered (and maybe I used to know but have forgotten) is, where did this term ".plan" come from and what does it mean exactly? Just a visual play on words or something else?

Aug 08, 2006 8:51am PDT

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You know, one thing I've always wondered (and maybe I used to know but have forgotten) is, where did this... : Silent Sorrow
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  A long time ago, like 97 or something, most game developers used to have a ".plan". It was basically a te... : zehh
  - Also, here's a good example of what a .plan was like: http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/finger.pl?id=1&... : zehh
  - Yeah, I think I knew what a .plan was but not what the name means (assming it was short or something else... : Silent Sorrow