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From: xaa@stack.urc.tue.nl (Mark Huizer)
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Subject: misc/1857: opendir(dirname) thrashes const char *dirname ?
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>Number:         1857
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       paramater of opendir gets thrashed
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Oct 21 04:00:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mark Huizer
>Organization:
M.C.G.V. Stack
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1.5-STABLE i386
>Environment:

 	Coffee and a nice sandwich?	

>Description:

        char *dirname;
	DIR *dir;
	printf("%s\n",dirname);
	dir=opendir(dirname);
	printf("%s\n",dirname);

	gives:
	/var/spool/news/stack/announce
	/var/spool/news/stack/announ^O^B

>How-To-Repeat:

	See code above

>Fix:
	
	Well... it works ok on my current machine...

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: