From: Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
To: egcs@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: tmpnam() core dumping
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:32:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19971212180102.21700@cerebro.laendle> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01BD06D5.E1EF50C0@bill.icdata.com>
On Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 08:13:46AM -0600, Bill Ahlbrandt wrote:
> I am getting a core dump when I use the tmpnam() function.
RTM, you are calling
tmpnam("xxx"),
and tmpnam tries to overwrite the memory you gave to it (which
is a constant string which is in a readonly section), thus
you get a segmentation fault.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-12-12 14:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-12-12 6:18 Bill Ahlbrandt
1997-12-12 8:02 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-12-12 14:32 ` Marc Lehmann [this message]
1997-12-12 10:18 Bill Ahlbrandt
1997-12-12 13:04 ` Per Bothner
1997-12-12 15:46 ` Tim Hollebeek
1997-12-15 2:51 ` Andreas Schwab
1997-12-13 9:55 Bill Ahlbrandt
1997-12-15 8:20 Bill Ahlbrandt
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