Just says File name too long on SunOS 5.7 IRIX 6.5 both vi and du don't crash On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Kaneda Akira wrote: > Did some testing of my own. > > on Redhat 7.0 (VIM 5.7.8) > # vi `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'` > Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV > Vim: Finished. > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > # uname -a > Linux riven 2.2.16-22 #1 Tue Aug 22 16:49:06 EDT 2000 i686 unknown > # > > however du on redhat 7 was okay (du version 4.0x) > > Also tested my slackware 7 system, vi and du didnt > crash (vi/elvis 2.1_4, du 4.0) > [Slackware system: Linux myst 2.2.16 #121 Fri Jun 16 20:43:40 PDT 2000 > i486 unknown] > > --- KF <dotslashat_private> wrote: > > Not sure how big of a deal either of these are due > > to the fact that they > > are not suid... any thoughts? > > > > # vi `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'` > > Memory fault - core dumped > > > > # du `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'` > > Memory fault - core dumped > > > > > > # uname -a > > SCO_SV scosysv 3.2 5.0.6 i386 > > > > -KF > > --- > Kaneda Akira > ICQ#49107701 > Email: k_anedaat_private > Mobile: 0418 445 821 (Australia only) > -- > That's why we spend so much time trying to understand our own > motivations and those of others. That's what makes life so > interesting. > -- Kaji, Evangelion Ep 18 > -- > The only secure computer is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe, > and buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location... and i'm > not even too sure about that one"--Dennis Huges, FBI. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. - Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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