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can any one help me
why do i get the error like
gets function is dangerous and should not be used

while compile a file by gcc filename.c in ret hat linux

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well, try 'man gets'
For good coding-security practice you should not use gets() coz it lacks of bound checking and may overflow your dst-buffer leading to a so-called buffer overflow

But if u know what u r doing ...

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