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From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Does anyone know why this is crashing??
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.153823.11614@prl.dec.com>
Date: 6 Jun 91 15:38:23 GMT
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 In article <6240@mahendo.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>, robert@triton.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert Angelino) writes:
 
> I have this bit of code that works perfectly on a SPARC and crashes
> on a VMS (O/S- V5.3-A) system?!
> 
> #define EOPEN "Unable to open %s file \"%s\"\n"
> (void) print_msg(PERROR,"init_files()",
>                  sprintf(buf,EOPEN,"startup",startup_file));
> 

Sounds like you've forgotten that sprintf(3) returns `char *' on some systems
and `int' on others.  What's the bet that the VMS sprintf(3) returns `int'?

Never use sprintf(3)'s return value.  Don't even think about #ifdef'ing
for the two types.  Bite the bullet, and code around it.


Boyd Roberts			boyd@prl.dec.com

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