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From: utzoodecvaxccaimajohnl
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1983 03:29
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1983 03:29
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ima!johnl Mar 25 11:46:00 1983
The behavior of sbrk() noted is correct. It returns the old (not the new)
break value so you have the beginning (not the end) of the chunk of
storage allocated.
John Levine, decvax!yale-co!jrl, ucbvax!cbosgd!ima!johnl,
{research|alice|rabbit|amd70}!ima!johnl
PS: This particular fact is clearly documented in the obvious place in
the manual. Bah.
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From: utzoo!decvax!cca!ima!johnl Newsgroups: net.bugs Title: Re: sbrk inertia - (nf) Article-I.D.: ima.305 Posted: Sat Mar 26 03:29:38 1983 Received: Sat Mar 26 13:49:09 1983 Subject: Re: sbrk inertia - (nf) Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1983 03:29:38 +0000 Message-ID: <bnews.ima.305>