[Gambas-user] [Fwd: Gambas3 Pointers example] signal #6

[Demosthenes Koptsis]

yes i read the man and i know that is suggested not to use this
function.

Although i just use it for demonstration for pointers.

That i didn't do is to check the header files.

The other thing is that i am total newbie to man 3 and i need some time
to get used to it, so please be patient.

i see that the usage of external functions are more far than a medium
level of Basic programming but i think i can manage it in time.


On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 21:37 +0100, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> > so what can i do for
> > 
> > char *getwd(char *buf);
> > 
> > ?
> > 
> 
> You must know C programming first, and understand how getwd works. By typing 
> 'man getwd', you will learn that you must not use that function, it is 
> dangerous and so deprecated.
> 
> Then you will read that buf must be a pointer to a memory allocation of 
> PATH_MAX bytes. You must find the value of this constant inside the standard C 
> header files.
> 
> SizeOf(gb.String) is 4 (on 32 bits system). It is the number of bytes used by 
> Gambas to store a pointer to a Gambas string. This is the reason why you get a 
> crash.
> 
> Regards,
> 

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Regards,
Demosthenes