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#! rnews 1373 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news-dc-10.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pen-4.sprintlink.net!nntp.snet.net!news.snet.net!usenet From: "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" <metcalf@snet.net> Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: What does gets() unsafe question mean? Date: 7 Mar 1997 00:34:46 GMT Organization: "SNET dial access service" Lines: 22 Message-ID: <01bc2a8f$67037120$db083ccc@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: hrfr03-sh4-port219.snet.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.lang.c:195511 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36687 Hello, I recently wrote a little C program which uses the stdio.h function gets(). I compiled and ran it under FreeBSD and I get.. warning: this program uses gets(), which is unsafe. What exactly does this mean? Why is it unsafe? If possible, can any replies be sent as an e-mail to the above address? Thank You, JM -- ----- Jeffrey M. Metcalf metcalf@snet.net http://ruddles.stat.uconn.edu/~jeff