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From: gwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: Lint query
Message-ID: <3301@brl-vgr.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 5-Apr-84 17:23:54 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  5 17:23:54 1984
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Organization: Ballistics Research Lab
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The following works just fine:

extern char *strcpy();
void func()
	{
	char	*a;
	a = "x";
	(void)strcpy( a, "string" );
	}

under the UNIX System V "lint".  Maybe you have a sick "lint"?