Subject: Re: A little program I wrote that core dumps. Should it?
To: RiscBSD Mailing List <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Peter Naulls <pnaulls@wave.co.nz>
List: port-arm32
Date: 06/17/1997 00:11:24
> > void main(void) {
> >  FILE *f;
> >  f = fopen("/dev/lpt0");
> >  while (!feof(f)) putchar(fgetc(f));
> > }
> 
> A quick look in the (HPUX) manpage shows the following:
> 
>       FILE *fopen(const char *pathname, const char *type);
> 
> so use `fopen("/dev/lpt0", "r")' !

Yeah, you're right of course - had slipped my mind.  This could
just as easily cause a crash.  I suggest people use -Wall on gcc :)

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