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From: yuf@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyle Grieser)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: system() --- the C function from hell?
Keywords: system, unix, question, does anyone use this line?
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Date: 30 Apr 89 23:12:32 GMT
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Reply-To: yuf@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyle Grieser)
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In article <1827@uop.edu> jeff@uop.edu (Jeff Ferguson) writes:
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>OK, people, for $200 and the chance at the Chevy Sprint Turbo --- my
>question is this: what is happenning here an how can it be fixed?  I

	Well, from what you have posted it is hard to tell if it is your
fault or not.  What is "str" declared as.  If it is declared as a "char *"
before the integers, and you don't allocate space for it then the
sprintf might just be writing all over the integers.  But, like I said, without
a bit more information it is hard to tell if it is your fault or system()'s.

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Kyle Grieser, Purdue University Computing Center
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