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Subject: xstr bug in 4.1bsd
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Date: Tue, 16-Aug-83 19:19:31 EDT
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From:            Bob English <bob@ucla-locus>

If the "strings" file cannot be opened for writing, the
xstr program will fail with the rather cryptic message:
"Bus error: core dumped".

To fix this, check the return code from fopen in the
routine "flushsh()".

--bob--