Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site bradley.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!bradley!brad From: brad@bradley.UUCP Newsgroups: net.notes Subject: Re: Trashed system names Message-ID: <1500006@bradley.UUCP> Date: Sat, 5-Jan-85 14:39:00 EST Article-I.D.: bradley.1500006 Posted: Sat Jan 5 14:39:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 01:47:21 EST References: <10875@sneaky.UUCP> Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:sneaky:-1087518:bradley:1500006:000:574 Nf-From: bradley!brad Jan 5 13:39:00 1985 I had the same problem on my machine, and found out it is caused by the notes program itself. It turns out that notes holds 8 (I think) bytes of a machine name. And when the machine name is 8 bytes long the printf fails. A fix is to change the printfs to %-8.8s (which is what I did and it worked) or change it to something like this. This problem occurs quite a bit in 'fa.laser-lovers'. Bradley Smith UUCP: {cepu,ihnp4,noao,uiucdcs}!bradley!brad Text Processing ARPA: cepu!bradley!brad@UCLA-LOCUS Bradley University PH: (309) 676-7611 Ext. 446 Peoria, IL 61625