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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:11765 comp.os.386bsd.development:2330 comp.os.386bsd.misc:2794 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!gt-news!prism!prism!not-for-mail From: gt4384a@prism.gatech.edu (Matthew W. Culbreth) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Why does FreeBSD 1.1.5 say gets() is unsafe? Followup-To: poster Date: 21 Jul 1994 08:59:15 -0400 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 11 Sender: gt4384a@prism.gatech.edu Message-ID: <30lrf3$2ii@acmez.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: acmez.gatech.edu Keywords: gets,unsafe Hello, I've written a program that uses gets(). When I run it, a message comes back saying that 'this program uses gets(), which is unsafe'. Why is that? Thanks, Matt