symlink crashes octave if filename is longer than 23 chars

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Wed, 8/13/08, hwz at hwz.bv.TU-Berlin.DE <hwz at hwz.bv.TU-Berlin.DE> wrote:

> From: hwz at hwz.bv.TU-Berlin.DE <hwz at hwz.bv.TU-Berlin.DE>
> Subject: symlink crashes octave if filename is longer than 23 chars
> To: bug at octave.org
> Cc: hwz at hwz.bv.TU-Berlin.DE
> Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 7:52 AM
> --------
> Bug report for Octave 3.0.1 configured for
> x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> 
> Description:
> -----------
> 
> The function symlink crashes octave if the first argument
> (OLD)
> is longer than 23 chars.
> 
> 
> Repeat-By:
> ---------
> 
> Example:
> 
> a="123456789012345678901234";
> b="xxx";
> system(["touch ", a]);
> symlink(a, b)
> 

Works fine for me on 32 bit SUSE-10.3 + self-built octave-3.0.1:

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octave:1> a="123456789012345678901234";
octave:2> b="xxx";
octave:3> system(["touch ", a]);
octave:4> symlink(a, b)
ans = 0
octave:5>
".

Regards,
  Sergei.