Re: Question about EXAMINE/EXNEXT

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1989 11:34

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The only safe thing to do is have scdir() read all the file names right off
into malloced ram. That solves both problems: loose locks and changing
directories %. Then later calls to scdir() would just step down the list
and free the names... or not.
-- 
% Yes, I know this just narrows the window of vulnerability.
-- 
Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva      `-_-'
...texbell!sugar!peter, or peter@sugar.hackercorp.com  'U`

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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Question about EXAMINE/EXNEXT
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Date: 15 Mar 89 11:34:31 GMT
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