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From: jaitken@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Aitken)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why does FreeBSD 1.1.5 say gets() is unsafe?
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Date: 25 Jul 1994 18:23:40 -0400
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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Satoshi ASAMI (asami@cs.berkeley.edu) wrote:
: Hmm, so how can you write a program that uses gets() and is safe?
Use fgets() instead of gets().
Jeff
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Jeff Aitken jaitken@vt.edu
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