yeah, i didnt take into account the NULL char.... see what happens when
people make me get up before 10am!!!! :)
John Abreau wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Tony Lambiris wrote:
>
> > struct utsname *host_uname;
> >
> > os_version = malloc(strlen(host_uname->release));
> > os_version = (host_uname->release);
> >
> > it gives me 2.4.1, no problem... but when I try to get the OS name,
> >
> > system_os = malloc(strlen(host_uname->sysname));
> > system_os = (host_uname->sysname);
> >
> > it gives me garbage, more precisely: šK@šK@
>
> In both cases, you're malloc'ing one byte too little. You need to malloc
> enough space to hold the string plus the terminating null byte:
>
> os_version = malloc(1 + strlen(host_uname->release));
> system_os = malloc(1 + strlen(host_uname->sysname));
>
> You got lucky on the first malloc, in that the memory location where the
> null byte was written apparently didn't break anything.
>
> --
> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
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