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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
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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.)

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