I think that this is caused by save game files not being completed before the application exits. Many times you can find a *.e in your save folder (where * is the savegame file name). I'm pretty sure this *.e file is a temp file used by gzip (which never gets to finish). The removal of the lock file should happen after the save game would have finished.
Ways to reproduce: 1) Go through enough dungeon levels (15dlvls ~= 200K unpacked save game file) 2) Save 3) You should see "Aborted" with exit status code 134 and lock files not removed -Jyrki -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]