getting a warning about gets

[CBFalconer]

Re: getting a warning about gets

pereges wrote:

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I'm getting a warning on my linux gcc compiler:
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/tmp/ccXgHa9s.o(.tex t+0x48): In function `main':
: warning: the `gets' function is dangerous and should not be used.

And you should pay attention and not use it. The simplest
replacement is ggets, which is written in standard C and you can
simply compile and link it to your program. See:

<http://cbfalconer.home .att.net/download/ggets.zip>

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[Peter Nilsson]

Re: getting a warning about gets

Barry Schwarz wrote:

pereges <Brol...@gmail. comwrote:

Will this suffice:

if(scanf("%s", zf_name) != 1)

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As coded, this is no better than fgets. ...

YM gets().

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Peter