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Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] xgethostname: handle long hostnames

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 19, 2017, 02:48 UTC
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<20170418215743.18406-3-dturner@twosigma.com>
David Turner <dturner@twosigma.com> writes:
> If the full hostname doesn't fit in the buffer supplied to
> gethostname, POSIX does not specify whether the buffer will be
> null-terminated, so to be safe, we should do it ourselves.  Introduce

The name of the character whose ASCII value is '\0' is NUL, not null (similarly for in-code comment).

Previous: René ScharfeNext: David Turner
Message 7 of 18 in “gethostbyname fixes”
  1. 0/2 gethostbyname fixesDavid Turner, Apr 18, 2017
  2. 2/2 xgethostname: handle long hostnamesDavid Turner, Apr 18, 2017
  3. Jonathan NiederApr 19, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2017
  5. David TurnerApr 19, 2017
  6. René ScharfeApr 19, 2017
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2017
  8. 1/2 use HOST_NAME_MAX to size buffers for gethostname(2)David Turner, Apr 18, 2017
  9. Jonathan NiederApr 19, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2017
  11. René ScharfeApr 19, 2017
  12. René ScharfeApr 19, 2017
  13. David TurnerApr 19, 2017
  14. Torsten BögershausenApr 19, 2017
  15. René ScharfeApr 19, 2017
  16. Torsten BögershausenApr 20, 2017
  17. René ScharfeApr 20, 2017
  18. Torsten BögershausenApr 21, 2017

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