Re: User app corrupting buffer cache.

Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Mon, 30 Jun 1997 09:47:30 +0200 (MET DST)

Mark Salter wrote:
>
> Here is a typical failure:
>
> > ps_app -obitmap -z foo.ps >/dev/null
> Segmentation fault
>
> This looks straightforward enough. Just an application bug, you
> say. Well, the problem is that the buffer cache is now corrupted.
> If I "cksum ps_app", I'll get a different result than when I
> cksum it before running. Same goes for foo.ps. If I then:
>

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Roger.