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From: wilson@moria.cygnus.com (jim Wilson)
Subject: Re: mktemp - Bus Error.
Organization: Cygnus Support
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 03:52:53 GMT
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In article <6607@otc.otca.oz> alexk@otc.otca.oz.au (Alex Kowalenko) writes:
>I'm having problems with mktemp failing due to a Bus Error. Even a simple program like the
> printf("%s\n",mktemp("XXXX"));
Mktemp modifies its argument, but you have passed it the address of a
read-only constant string. Trying to write to a read-only constant gives
you a bus error.
The proper way to write this is
char string[] = "XXXX";
printf ("s\n", mktemp (string));
Jim Wilson
wilson@moria.cygnus.com