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From: drew@cgofs.dec.com (Steve Drew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Shell 2.07m bug (I don't think so)
Message-ID: <8712120433.AA24764@decwrl.dec.com>
Date: 12 Dec 87 04:33:30 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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-> 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.)

There is no such bug in 2.07M, I'm sure of it. I have been very careful
to check the size of the command after finding out from a previous version
that manx fexec code only allows us 40 chars for a command name. If you
type a command over about 110 chars without any spaces you will get an error
message "Error in command name" (same as normal CLI). 

Are you running CONMAN ? (it would have to handle the command line first).

Are you sure you are running an original version of Shell 2.07M ?
(its possible that a bug like this did exist in older versions of shell)

Steve Drew.