Craig Schlenter on Fri, 2 Jun 2000 09:44:45 +0200


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Re: GLUG: OT: C Programming question 

>   printf("Username:");

stdout is buffered if you use printf. Try flushing it or use write.

>   scanf("%s", &name);
>   printf("\nHello, %s\n", &name);

s/&//

Oh, you do know of course that your program is prone to buffer overflow 
problems and is thus unsafe to expose to the world at large ...

--C