Audit bb_common_bufsiz usage, add script which looks for misuse.

tr: stop using globals needlessly.
code: -103 bytes

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index 57c826a3f..cec8854ff 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -222,9 +222,10 @@ int date_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         date_fmt = (char*)"%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y";
         }
 
+#define date_buf bb_common_bufsiz1
         if (*date_fmt == '\0') {
                 /* With no format string, just print a blank line */
-                *bb_common_bufsiz1 = 0;
+                date_buf[0] = '\0';
         } else {
                 /* Handle special conversions */
 
@@ -233,9 +234,9 @@ int date_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 }
 
                 /* Generate output string */
-                strftime(bb_common_bufsiz1, 200, date_fmt, &tm_time);
+                strftime(date_buf, sizeof(date_buf), date_fmt, &tm_time);
         }
-        puts(bb_common_bufsiz1);
+        puts(date_buf);
 
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }