On 2007-08-31 19:14, Fabian wrote:

Update of /cvsroot/monetdb/MonetDB5/src/tools In directory sc8-pr-cvs16.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv4192

Modified Files: monetdb.mx Log Message: reduce overkill

Index: monetdb.mx =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/monetdb/MonetDB5/src/tools/monetdb.mx,v retrieving revision 1.19 retrieving revision 1.20 diff -u -d -r1.19 -r1.20 --- monetdb.mx 31 Aug 2007 17:09:13 -0000 1.19 +++ monetdb.mx 31 Aug 2007 17:14:21 -0000 1.20 @@ -610,7 +610,6 @@ }

if (stats != NULL) { - char path[8096]; err e;

if (stats->state == SABdbRunning) { @@ -627,11 +626,12 @@ }

if (force == 0) { + char answ; printf("you are about to remove database %s\n", dbname); printf("ALL data in this database will get lost, " "are you sure? [y/N] "); - scanf("%c", path); - if (path[0] == 'y' || path[0] == 'Y') { + scanf("%c", &answ); + if (answ == 'y' || answ == 'Y') { /* do it! */ } else { printf("battle control terminated\n");

Even better would be to use getchar(). scanf is still considerable overkill for reading a character. But also remember to read the rest of the line (also when using scanf). -- Sjoerd Mullender