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Title:	POS54-C. Detect and handle POSIX library errors
Author:	Robert Seacord	Oct 29, 2013
Last Changed by:	Caden Milne	Nov 19, 2024
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Parent Page     Page: Rule 50. POSIX (POS)

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• cwe-391
• cwe-252
• android-unknown
• posix
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Time	Editor
Nov 19, 2024 08:47	Caden Milne	View Changes
Updated references from C11->C23
Aug 22, 2024 07:27	Joerg Herter	View Changes
Jun 12, 2023 06:27	Michal Rozenau	View Changes
Parasoft C/C++test 2023.1
Apr 20, 2023 05:43	Jill Britton	View Changes
Feb 24, 2023 13:00	David Svoboda
added 'dummy' exception 1

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