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 <p style="margin-top: 0;">On November 14th, 2014, 4:08 p.m. CST, <b>Corey Farrell</b> wrote:</p>
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   <td colspan="4"><pre style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 140%; margin: 0; ">static int ast_el_read_history(char *filename)</pre></td>

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    <td bgcolor="#fdfebc" width="50%"><pre style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 140%; margin: 0; "><span class="tb">   </span><span class="kt">char</span> <span class="n">buf</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi"><span class="hl">80</span></span><span class="p"><span class="hl">]</span>;</span></pre></td>
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  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Does this actually initialize 256 bytes of '\0', or just initialize the first byte?</pre>
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   <td colspan="4"><pre style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 140%; margin: 0; ">static void ast_remotecontrol(char *data)</pre></td>

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  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Space around '-'.

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<p>- Scott</p>


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<p>On November 14th, 2014, 5:03 p.m. CST, Scott Griepentrog wrote:</p>








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<div>Review request for Asterisk Developers.</div>
<div>By Scott Griepentrog.</div>


<p style="color: grey;"><i>Updated Nov. 14, 2014, 5:03 p.m.</i></p>









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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Description </h1>
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This change increases the buffer from 80 to 256 to significantly reduce that possibility.</pre>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Testing </h1>
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