I'm trying to find an input function that does not allow buffer overflow. Right now I'm looking at getline but I'm not inputing from a file so I'm also trying to change that. If you know how to do this or any other function that would not allow overflow, please let me know. thanx.

Try fgets(chars *s, int n, FILE *stream)... the n is the number of chars to read.

In general, whereis the console I/O functions seem to not take integer arguments specifying buffer length, the file-based equivlants typically do. You can use the file based ones by specifying stdin / stdout.

You may also be intrested in the strn family of functions, which are identical to the str functions ( i.e. strncat instead of strcat) except that they take an integer argument too, which can prevent buffer overflows caused by improperly terminated strings.

Regards
Meredith Shaebanyan

yeah, fgets is a good choice!!!

midFinger