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Re[2]: vi buffer overflow

From: Greg Wirth <greg () beldamar com>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:57:47 -0900

Hello... 
Exact same results with FreeBSD 4.4-R
Except with vi, I am not able to save the file, but
i am able to continue.

Friday, November 09, 2001, 7:24:44 AM, you wrote:
PA> Test results on SunOS 5.6:
PA> # vi `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'`
PA> File name too long
PA> [Hit enter to return]
PA> # du `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'`
PA> File name too long
PA> both commands dont result in to a seg fault.
PA> -PA


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