RE: OpenFlight loader problems in Linux (fwd)

From: Jason Daly (jdaly++at++ist.ucf.edu)
Date: 12/10/2001 16:52:36

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On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Ippolito, Marco wrote:

> Hi Jason,
>
> OpenFlight beads that have names of a length that is a multiple of 8 are not terminated with a /0. This causes the OpenFlight loader a bit of a problem (since it calls pfNodeName( node, bead->id);).
>
> A workaround would be to is check and see if(strlen(a_node_name) > some_big_number), if so use only the first 8 characters to compare against.
>

Thanks. I guess that's an artifact of the old 7-character limit?

Any chance of an update to the Linux loader soon?

Thanks again.

--"J"

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 I can see the footprints in the virtual sand."
        --Neil Peart

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