In article <9300001 at scsmo1.UUCP> tim at scsmo1.UUCP writes: >What does ANSI say about gets. It seem to me that there is NO way to >figure out how big to make the buffer for the beast. Yes, that's right. >what rules should be followed with gets[?] Use it only when you know that the buffer will not be overrun. In other case, use something like fgets().