rjd@cs.brown.edu (Rob Demillo) (03/12/89)
Well, for anyone that paid attention to my last posting, half
of the problem was solved. As I stated in my last posting, the
new version of Laser C seemed to selectively distroy all files
on my hard disk that started with the filename given in my
rsrc_load()
function.
I received a mail message from Ted Miller here at Brown University
that pointed out that I was at least partially brain dead. (Um,
those are my words, not Ted's...) It seems that in my excitement
about playing with Laser C, I left my mind on hold and forgot
to enter the '\\' character in the path name. (This also explains
why the Atari accessed drive A:, since the path was non-existant)
So, instead of
rsrc_load("e:\workshop\test.rsc");
I should have had:
rsrc_load("e:\\workshop\\test.rsc");
Ok, I make the change, and everything is fine. The problem is
solved, or is it?
Obviously, the above change gets me on my way, but my original
question is still there: why did the badly constructed string
cause rsrc_load() to go on a killing spree on my hard drive?
Any ideas anyone?
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