Can't type ten steenking lines without a glaring bug...
John A. Weeks III
john at newave.UUCP
Thu Apr 11 08:58:54 AEST 1991
In article <3676 at inews.intel.com> bhoughto at nevin.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>In article <3661 at inews.intel.com> bhoughto at hopi.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton, simpering, compiler-wastrel, code-anal weenie) writes:
>> buf = (char *) malloc ( stb.st_size * (sizeof (char *)) );
>Of course, the second line above should be
> buf = (char *) malloc ( stb.st_size );
At least the buffer size was as big as or bigger than expected,
rather than smaller. Buffer that are too small make running
programs rather interesting.... 8-)
-john-
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