On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 15:16 +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > + buffer = realloc (buffer, len+1); > > + if (buffer == NULL) goto out_of_memory; Note, if realloc() fails, the original buffer isn't freed. So, you want to make sure you free the original one. Cheers, Mark.