Xref: utzoo unix-pc.bugs:70 comp.sys.att:4882 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!cbmvax!ditto 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 Lines: 21 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