--- trunk/OOPSE/libmdtools/DumpWriter.cpp	2004/01/08 18:05:37	910
+++ trunk/OOPSE/libmdtools/DumpWriter.cpp	2004/01/08 18:59:36	912
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void DumpWriter::writeDump( double currentTime ){
 void DumpWriter::writeDump( double currentTime ){
 
   const int BUFFERSIZE = 2000;
-  const int MINIBUFFERSIZE = 10;
+  const int MINIBUFFERSIZE = 100;
 
   char tempBuffer[BUFFERSIZE];
   char writeLine[BUFFERSIZE];
@@ -204,7 +204,11 @@ void DumpWriter::writeDump( double currentTime ){
 		 atomTypeTag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &istatus);
         
         strncpy(atomTypeString, MPIatomTypeString, MINIBUFFERSIZE);
+        
+        // Null terminate the atomTypeString just in case:
 
+        atomTypeString[strlen(atomTypeString) - 1] = '\0';
+
         MPI_Recv(&isDirectional, 1, MPI_INT, which_node,
 		 atomIsDirectionalTag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &istatus);
         
@@ -379,6 +383,9 @@ void DumpWriter::writeDump( double currentTime ){
 
         strncpy(MPIatomTypeString, atomTypeString, MINIBUFFERSIZE);
 
+        // null terminate the string before sending (just in case):
+        MPIatomTypeString[MINIBUFFERSIZE-1] = '\0';
+
         MPI_Send(MPIatomTypeString, MINIBUFFERSIZE, MPI_CHAR, 0,
 		 atomTypeTag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
         
@@ -415,7 +422,7 @@ void DumpWriter::writeFinal(double finalTime){
   ofstream finalOut;
 
   const int BUFFERSIZE = 2000;
-  const int MINIBUFFERSIZE = 10;
+  const int MINIBUFFERSIZE = 100;
   char tempBuffer[BUFFERSIZE];
   char writeLine[BUFFERSIZE];