[Spiffster]

I hate to keep asking you guys easy C questions, but I dont know where else to go.

Why is the gets() function considered unsafe. When ever i call it, compile and run the program, i always get a warning:

warning: this program uses gets(), which is unsafe.

Is there somthing wrong with this, am i doing somthing wrong? Or is there some way i can turn these warnings off?

[smeger]

'gets' doesn't do any size checking to make sure that the string you're reading will fit into the buffer you're trying to put it into. This has caused a whole class of security problems known as 'buffer overflows.'

You should use fgets instead. Do 'man gets' for more info.