Re: [CODE][NEWBIE][HELP]

From: Thomas Pedersen (classic@westnet.com)
Date: 02/18/99


I've had a similar problem once with alias (user specific), and it turned
out to be a corrupt alias file.

On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Adam Pate wrote:

> I know the aliases I have used to test this are less than 127 and it still
> crashes.  Plain and simple, if you have an alias and you type save, the mud
> dies.  I can't figure it out.   :(
> Does anyone out there have some alias code that patches cleanly with
> circle30bpl14???? Or maybe a fix for this situation?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Acido <acido@DVMUD.NET>
> To: CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca <CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca>
> Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 11:16 AM
> Subject: Re:  [CODE][NEWBIE][HELP]
>
>
> >At 09:56 AM 2/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> ><SNIP>
> >>void write_aliases(struct char_data *ch)
> >>{
> >>  FILE *file;
> >>  char fn[127],*buf;
> >The above line is bad :) it causes your mud to crash if the alias is longer
> >than 127 chars.
> >
> >
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