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From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
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Subject: Re: obscure questions on sprintf(3S)
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Date: Wed, 9-Sep-87 13:42:09 EDT
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Checking for a null to find the end of the buffer is not likely
to work at all.  The first argument to sprintf is not required
to have anything in it at all (and in many cases is all zeros).

-Ron