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There is possible buffer overflow right there (if the HOME directory is long enough). Why don't people use snprintf?
by conductor 13y ago
There is possible buffer overflow right there (if the HOME directory is long enough). Why don't people use snprintf?
- runarb 13y ago>Why don't people use snprintf? Old habits perhaps? When I look back at it I remember that my first books on C were full of problematic sprintf and strcpy use. It may then easy to continue using what you first learned, even when you know better. It basically the "Baby duck syndrome"[0] for C functions. 0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprinting_(psychology)#Baby_duck_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprinting_(psychology)#Baby_du...