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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Can't type ten steenking lines without a glaring bug...
Message-ID: <744@newave.UUCP>
Date: 10 Apr 91 22:58:54 GMT
References: <3646@inews.intel.com> <15705@smoke.brl.mil> <3661@inews.intel.com> <3676@inews.intel.com>
Reply-To: john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III)
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In article <3676@inews.intel.com> bhoughto@nevin.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>In article <3661@inews.intel.com> bhoughto@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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