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From: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.bugs,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Strange problem with the window icon on 7300
Summary: long file name in /dev
Keywords: unixpc wmgr /dev
Message-ID: <5438@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 5 Dec 88 23:18:56 GMT
References: <10654@s.ms.uky.edu>
Reply-To: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <10654@s.ms.uky.edu> david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- One of the vertebrae) writes:

>What happens is that /etc/wmgr core-dumps when run.

This will happen if you have a file in /dev with a name longer than 13
characters.  I hope this is your problem.

(I figured that out from a core file someone mailed me when the problem
appeard on her system!)

Perhaps someone who is still under warranty coverage should report
the problem to AT&T (and tell them how to fix it -- use strncpy
instead of strcpy!) ... or will AT&T listen if someone without a
current support agreement calls up with a bug report?
-- 
					-=] Ford [=-

"The number of Unix installations	(In Real Life:  Mike Ditto)
has grown to 10, with more expected."	ford@kenobi.cts.com
- The Unix Programmer's Manual,		...!sdcsvax!crash!elgar!ford
  2nd Edition, June, 1972.		ditto@cbmvax.commodore.com