problems parsing filter in 'latest' 1.8 release

[Carter Bullard]

Hey Neil,
  Thanks.  Try this fix in ./common/argus_util.c, function
char *read_infile(fname).

1197,1198c1197,1198
<    p = (char *) malloc((unsigned)argus_strbuf.st_size);
<    if (read(fd, p, (int)argus_strbuf.st_size) != argus_strbuf.st_size)
---
>    p = (char *) calloc(1, (unsigned)argus_strbuf.st_size + 1);
>    if (read(fd, p, (int)argus_strbuf.st_size) != (argus_strbuf.st_size))


Carter


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Long [mailto:neil.long at computing-services.oxford.ac.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 6:55 AM
> To: Bullard, Carter [NYPAR:DS33:EXCH]
> Cc: argus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> Subject: Re: problems parsing filter in 'latest' 1.8 release
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> Fairly minor gotcha I just noticed - if I use ra with a filter file
> (-F) that file has to have a new line added otherwise
> ra: expression: syntax error
> 
> if the file is just one line and ends without any whitespace then
> 
> ra: expression: illegal char '.'
> 
> 
> e.g. a file containing just
> 
> not host 163.1.244.53
> 
> Never noticed this before and using the same file with argus does not
> generate the errors.
> 
> I get the same with argus-1.7.beta.1e versions of ra.
> 
> Cheers
> Neil
> 
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