Re: C functions, arguments, and ssh oh my!

Joel Dudley writes:

> PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(ssh_exec);
>
> Datum
> ssh_exec(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
> {
>         char sshcmd[255];
>
>         strncpy(sshcmd, "/usr/local/bin/plsshexec ", 255);
>         strncat(sshcmd, *uname, 255);
>         strncat(sshcmd, " ", 255);
>         strncat(sshcmd, *uid, 255);
>         strncat(sshcmd, " ", 255);
>         strncat(sshcmd, *gid, 255);
>         system(sshcmd);
>         return 0;
> }

You missed the part about fetching the arguments using PG_GETARG_xxx.
Also you should use PG_RETURN_xxx and you need to null-terminate your
string.

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