Message-ID: <915C65C50371D11187AD0000F881B9A401858C63@bcarua62.ca.nortel.com>
From: "Ian Chapman" <Ian DOT Chapman DOT ichapman AT nt DOT com>
To: "'Endlisnis'" <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Cc: "'djgpp AT delorie DOT com'" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: system
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 18:27:20 -0400
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Many thanks it's fine now.  Regards Ian.

> ----------
> From: 	Endlisnis[SMTP:s257m AT unb DOT ca]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, September 02, 1998 6:04 PM
> To: 	Chapman, Ian [CAR:TM14:EXCH]
> Subject: 	Re: system
> 
> Ian Chapman wrote:
> > char temp[20];  //50 or 100
> > char *ptr;
> >       ptr = &File_Log[n][0];
> >         strcpy(temp, "ren temp.pad  ");
> >         strcat(temp, ptr);     // ren temp.pad blah_blah.
> 	You only allocate a string of length 19, then you put "ren temp.pad
> somefile.ext" in it, which is 25 characters and will take 26 bytes.  You
> should make your 'temp' larger, or dynamic.  If you are using Win95 LFN's
> then
> you might need to make it MUCH larger (or you will get problems like in
> RHIDE).
> > // ***  n = 1 at this point
> >         Junk = system(temp);
> > // ***  n = 0 here and clobbers the loop.  
>  your string overwrote the long.
> >         cout << "Padded " << ptr << endl;
> >         }
> >   }     // End for loop
> > }       //End of Pad Sorted Files
> 
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