[iyonix-support] Re: Buffer Overflow in Repeat processing

In article <4e8a834f01steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Ste (PlusNet) <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There are a number of possible solutions:

> 1) switch-out the fixed buffer (and -sort switch) in desktop builds
> 2) bodge the problem by increasing the size of the pointer array
> 3) fix the code properly to grow the pointer array and leafname buffer
>    during directory enumeration, as required. Or bypass all of that if
>    -sort isn't present.

Thanks for the explanation.  I couldn't guess which is the best
solution.  Is another alternative to implement a separate repeat
command as - say - repeat2 (and make it work properly) and then define
an alias for repeat that uses the fixed code?

-- 
Jeremy C B Nicoll, Edinburgh, Scotland - my opinions are my own.
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