Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!ndsuvax!ncreed From: ncreed@ndsuvax.UUCP (Walter Reed) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Shell 2.07m bug Keywords: SHELL BUG Message-ID: <551@ndsuvax.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 87 18:11:31 GMT Organization: North Dakota State University Fargo, ND Lines: 16 I found an interesting bug in the shell version 2.07m. if you type a long line (over 80 characters) with no spaces the machine will guru every time. Is some variable defined only to a certain length, and is not checked if the input line is too long? I found this by typing a long line of c's (cccccccccccccc...) Sometimes I am reading a manual and part of the manual is on the keyboard and repeats a character for a while, so this could happen by accident (it has.) -- Walter Reed UUCP : uunet!ndsuvax!ncreed Internet : ncreed%NDSUVAX.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Ph 701-235-0774 Bitnet : ncreed@ndsuvax OR NU105451@NDSUVM1 -------------------