Re: Patch for 2.1.20 to try: "kernel environment"
Matthias Urlichs (smurf@noris.de)
15 Jan 1997 07:45:13 +0100
In linux.dev.kernel, article <5b43n6$pgn@nntp.Stanford.EDU>,
dhinds@hyper.stanford.edu (David Hinds) writes:
> Matthias Urlichs (smurf@work.smurf.noris.de) wrote:
> : In linux.dev.kernel, article <5aoroq$1al@nntp.Stanford.EDU>,
> : dhinds@hyper.stanford.edu (David Hinds) writes:
> : > --- linux/fs/proc/array.c.orig Wed Jan 1 22:08:20 1997
> : > +++ linux/fs/proc/array.c Fri Jan 3 23:54:36 1997
> : > ...
> : > + len += sprintf(buffer+len, "%s\n", *p);
> : > ...
>
> : I would use \0 instead of \n here. /proc/*/environ does the same thing.
>
> I did notice that /proc/*/environ (and cmdline) use null terminated
> strings. I have one question: why?? It seems to me that this only
Because command lines and environment strings can and do contain linefeeds.
$IFS, for instance.
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