On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 12:55:34PM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: > Unfortunately, sccanf() returns no error indication when input > conversion fails - it was broken by design. > > Eventually, all numerical conversions will need to be "ported" over > the strtol() family.
We also have the off_cvt_string() code, which correctly handles unsigned off_t. -- Viktor.