# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1247330770 14400
# Node ID 5a68e3e748c58cc198f14adae2347974f7c273fc
# Parent  48d3e2d261e6fee53cf95df6cfa1349b41080e0e
file-ops.cc (file_ops::symlink, file_ops::readlink): avoid incorrectly sized buffer

diff -r 48d3e2d261e6 -r 5a68e3e748c5 liboctave/file-ops.cc
--- a/liboctave/file-ops.cc	Thu Jul 09 15:04:34 2009 -0400
+++ b/liboctave/file-ops.cc	Sat Jul 11 12:46:10 2009 -0400
@@ -210,13 +210,7 @@
 
 #if defined (HAVE_SYMLINK)
 
-  OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER (char, old_nm, old_name.length ());
-  OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER (char, new_nm, new_name.length ());
-
-  strcpy (old_nm, old_name.c_str ());
-  strcpy (new_nm, new_name.c_str ());
-
-  status = ::symlink (old_nm, new_nm);
+  status = ::symlink (old_name.c_str (), new_name.c_str ());
 
   if (status < 0)
     {
@@ -250,11 +244,7 @@
 #if defined (HAVE_READLINK)
   char buf[MAXPATHLEN+1];
 
-  OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER (char, p, path.length ());
-
-  strcpy (p, path.c_str ());
-
-  status = ::readlink (p, buf, MAXPATHLEN);
+  status = ::readlink (path.c_str (), buf, MAXPATHLEN);
 
   if (status < 0)
     {