robert@triton.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert Angelino) (06/01/91)
I have this bit of code that works perfectly on a SPARC and crashes
on a VMS (O/S- V5.3-A) system?!
int
init_files(startup_file,...)
char *startup_file;
{
char buf[256];
#define EOPEN "Unable to open %s file \"%s\"\n"
(void) print_msg(PERROR,"init_files()",
sprintf(buf,EOPEN,"startup",startup_file));
.
.
.
.
.
.
}
main()
{
char buf[256];
(void) strcpy(buf,"tc_startup.dat");
(void) init_files(buf,...);
}
It's crashing when it hits the sprintf call in init_files().
I have the following logicals set in the build env
(LNM$PROCESS_TABLE)
"LNK$LIBRARY" = "SYS$LIBRARY:VAXCCURSE"
"LNK$LIBRARY_1" = "SYS$LIBRARY:VAXCRTL"
any and all help/suggestions are welcome and will prevent further
hair lose.
thanks in advance
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\____|et |_|ropulsion |_____\aboratory (818) 354-9574fenn@wpi.WPI.EDU (Brian Fennell) (06/01/91)
In article <6240@mahendo.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> robert@triton.JPL.NASA.GOV writes: >I have this bit of code that works perfectly on a SPARC and crashes >on a VMS (O/S- V5.3-A) system?! > >int >init_files(startup_file,...) > char *startup_file; >{ >char buf[256]; > >#define EOPEN "Unable to open %s file \"%s\"\n" >(void) print_msg(PERROR,"init_files()", > sprintf(buf,EOPEN,"startup",startup_file)); > > - ------ - Robert Angelino all sprintf's were not created equal (Thanks to the ANSI non-standard standard) try changing: sprintf(buf, ...... ) to (sprintf(buf,.....) , buf) Brian Fennell == fenn@wpi.wpi.edu
mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) (06/06/91)
In article <6240@mahendo.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>, robert@triton.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert Angelino) writes: > I have this bit of code that works perfectly on a SPARC and crashes > on a VMS (O/S- V5.3-A) system?! > #define EOPEN "Unable to open %s file \"%s\"\n" > (void) print_msg(PERROR,"init_files()", > sprintf(buf,EOPEN,"startup",startup_file)); > It's crashing when it hits the sprintf call in init_files(). Are you sure? I suspect it's crashing inside print_msg. sprintf() returns the resulting string on some, but not all, systems. Not having access to a VMS machine to try this out on, I suspect sprintf() there is returning something else - zero, or the number of characters written, or some such. Try instead sprintf(buf,EOPEN,"startup",startup_file); (void) print_msg(PERROR,"init_files()",buf); which should work everywhere. If that doesn't fix it I have no more ideas and would have to plunge in with a debugger. der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu
boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) (06/06/91)
In article <6240@mahendo.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>, robert@triton.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert Angelino) writes: > I have this bit of code that works perfectly on a SPARC and crashes > on a VMS (O/S- V5.3-A) system?! > > #define EOPEN "Unable to open %s file \"%s\"\n" > (void) print_msg(PERROR,"init_files()", > sprintf(buf,EOPEN,"startup",startup_file)); > Sounds like you've forgotten that sprintf(3) returns `char *' on some systems and `int' on others. What's the bet that the VMS sprintf(3) returns `int'? Never use sprintf(3)'s return value. Don't even think about #ifdef'ing for the two types. Bite the bullet, and code around it. Boyd Roberts boyd@prl.dec.com ``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''