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Possible incorrect use of getenv + strcat in SDK example

Possible incorrect use of getenv + strcat in SDK example

gknap
Member

The SDK example "datalayer.register.node" contains the following code: (line breaks added by me)

auto bfbsPath = getenv("SNAP") != nullptr
    ? strcat(getenv("SNAP"), "/sampleSchema.bfbs")
    : "bfbs/sampleSchema.bfbs";

This seems incorrect to me: strcat() modifies the buffer pointed to by its first argument, but the man page for getenv() states:

... getenv() returns a pointer to a string within the environment list. The caller must take care not to modify this string ...

Instead, I think the sample code should do something like:

const char * snapPath = getenv("SNAP");
char bfbsPath[256];
strcpy(bfbsPath, (snapPath == nullptr) ? "bfbs" : snapPath);
strcat(bfbsPath, "/sampleSchema.fbs");

Of course, it would be even better to replace strcpy/strcat with functions that check the destination buffer size.

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CodeShepherd
Community Moderator
Community Moderator

Did you have a look in the latest version of our SDK for ctrlX AUTOMATION? Probably you will find something that looks better for you.

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