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From: mikel@codas.UUCP (Mikel Manitius)
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Subject: Re: "_doprnt" query
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Date: Tue, 17-Dec-85 23:41:42 EST
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> > I am trying to get a screen editor working on my Fortune 32:16 system.  It
> > keeps crashing in the routine "_doprnt" (giving me a memory addressing error).
> > I can't seem to find any documentation on it.
> 
> _doprnt() is used internally by the printf() family of functions.
> One common cause of crashes in it is passing a bum pointer for a
> %s format spec, or not having the correct number of arguments.

A common missuse of scanf and sprintf, is calling by value and
not by address. The target variable should be called by address.
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			Mikel Manitius @ AT&T-IS Altamonte Springs, FL
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