> On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 02:38:32AM -0400, Matthew Mondor wrote: > > On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:23:23 -0700 (PDT) > > Paul Goyette <p...@whooppee.com> wrote: > > > > > Should these be changed? Are there any adverse effects from having a > > > wmesg longer than 8 characters? > > > > It seems to me that the exporter of those use strncpy() .... > > strncpy() is unlikely to do what is expected of it. > strlcpy() is probably rather better.
these are not (stored) as normal C-strings. if they're the full 8 chars, they'll have no nul. .mrg.
