Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 08:43:04 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Overflow in banner(1) Message-ID: <19991124084304.B77698@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <19991124113139.D264@spirit.jaded.net>; from dan@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 11:31:39AM -0500 References: <199911240747.AAA18880@harmony.village.org> <199911240758.JAA96963@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> <19991124071946.G49362@dragon.nuxi.com> <19991124113139.D264@spirit.jaded.net>
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> I've never done this myself, but I've always been under the impression that > sizeof(*buf) would work for dynamically allocated buffers. sizeof() is an operator whose value is determined at compile time. sizeof(*buf) gives the size of what buf points to. This would be `1' if buf were a char*, or `4' if buf were an int* [on the i386]. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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