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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_sysctl.c
To: wollman@lcs.mit.edu (Garrett A. Wollman)
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 10:08:12 -0700 (MST)
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> > I would rather it fail all the time and we can get the code fixed,
> > than having a mismatch between expectations like this...
> 
> I would prefer for it to obey the standard.
> 
> Digital UNIX 3.2:
>   The gethostname() function retrieves the standard host name of the local
>   host.  If sufficient space is provided, the returned address parameter is
>   null-terminated.

So if you provide sufficient space, it *isn't* NULL terminated?

How do you find the end of the thing then?

I guess you have to call it with steadily decreasing space until you
get a NULL.  8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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