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From: James Larrowe <larrowe.semaj11@gmail.com>
To: musl@lists.openwall.com
Subject: fgets() doesn't call fsync() before getting input
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:09:03 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEfvv4+qGgm+RuJNnurBW1yOErftNUrvDE1HuwKvUNyU6P936g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)


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I'm writing a program that prints a dialogue to the screen and then asks
for input. In musl, the dialogue does not show before fgets() is called,
however in glibc it does. That causes a blank prompt and also some
confusion. Attached is a minimal example and a log.

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#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
	char buf[9];

	fputs("Enter a seven letter word: ", stdout);
	fgets(buf, 9, stdin);
	printf("Your word is %s", buf);
	return 0;
}

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chronos@localhost ~/Downloads $ gcc minimal-example.c 
chronos@localhost ~/Downloads $ ./a.out  
Enter a seven letter word: letters
Your word is letters
chronos@localhost ~/Downloads $ musl-gcc minimal-example.c 
chronos@localhost ~/Downloads $ ./a.out 
letters
Enter a seven letter word: Your word is letters

             reply	other threads:[~2019-02-21 15:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-21 15:09 James Larrowe [this message]
2019-02-21 15:22 ` Rich Felker
2019-02-21 16:31   ` A. Wilcox
2019-02-21 17:07     ` Rich Felker
2019-02-21 19:24       ` Laurent Bercot
2019-02-21 20:16       ` James Larrowe
2019-02-21 20:44         ` Rich Felker
2019-02-22  5:04         ` Markus Wichmann
2019-02-25 13:10           ` James Larrowe

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