BoundsChecker and fgets fmalloc problems

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From: Brian Gregory
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 19:48

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I am using Bounds Checker v2.5, and am having a problem finding a
memory leak it is reporting...

Example:

fgets( szBuf, 799, fpIn );

szBuf is an 800 character buffer (pre-sized array)
fpIn IS a valid pointer
no memory is corrupt before the fgets line
The application is a windows app, written in straight C with a large
memory model.

The problem is Boundschecker consistently reports memory leaks for the
larger buffer size mallocs contained WITHIN the fgets function...

Any help on resolving this recurrent problem, or just an indication
that this is perhaps an erroneous error reported by Boundschecker
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, 
Brian Gregory
bri@primenet.com

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