26 September, 2005

mdb ::wumpus

I've added another program to the "specials" page - a site of, erm, quite special software indeed.

It's a loadable module for the Solaris Modular Debugger command. It provides a new dmcd "::wumpus". A screenshot should say all,

# mdb
> ::load wumpus
> ::wumpus
INSTRUCTIONS (Y-N)
?N
HUNT THE WUMPUS

I SMELL A WUMPUS!
BATS NEARBY!
YOU ARE IN ROOM 17
TUNNELS LEAD TO 7 16 18

SHOOT OR MOVE (S-M)
?

It uses the code from ESR's classic wumpus clone. (I checked with him to make sure he didn't mind wumpus being ported to such an unusual place).

If you haven't seen "Hunt the Wumpus" before, it's a classic text game originally written in BASIC.
DTraceToolkit 0.84

The latest version of the DTraceToolkit has been uploaded. Visit the OpenSolaris
DTraceToolkit site to download it.

Since version 0.82 I've updated several scripts and added a couple. Between now and version 1.00 there will be an emphasis on revisiting code, enhancing existing programs and writing more documentation.