| From: | Tim Hanson |
| Date: | 11 Jul 2000 at 11:44:52 |
| Subject: | Re: Background task name. |
Hi Colin
Colin Wenzel wrote this on 11-Jul-00 at 03:56:11
> On 11-Jul-00, Tim Hanson wrote:
>> So the general concensus is that it`s ok to task=FindTask(NULL) then
>> strcpy(task->tc_Node.ln_Name,"newname"); as long as newname is
>> shorter than the old name. Or should I just use
>
> No, *definately not,* the old one may even be NULL...
I hadn`t thought of that. I did check the length with strlen() to make sure
the new name would fit and exited otherwise but strlen() would guru on a NULL
presumably.
> Do not use strcpy() , just change the pointer,
> but make sure you restore it before exit().
Yes. I`ll change it.
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