Hi Thomas, thanks a lot for your char * vs char** explanation!
> > But if there is no sure way to guess the correct buffer size before > the function call, your only failsafe option is to invoke the function > repeatedly with increasing buffer sizes as long as it reports > failure. I see... but I think it will be okay, in this case, to place on the user the burden to specify the size (as a required argument) :-) Ciao, and thanks again, Sigrid _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
