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From: jim@jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: stat(), lstat() again.
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Date: 14 Sep 90 18:31:48 GMT
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Well... if I do the following, lstat() doesn't work:

	struct stat *sbuf;
	lstat("/unix", sbuf);

But this DOES:

	struct stat sbuf;
	lstat("/unix", &sbuf);

It looks like in case #1, sbuf is pointing somewhere dangerous and when lstat
is called, memory is destroyed... 
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           Jim Jagielski                    NASA/GSFC, Code 711.1
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