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woanware/bgp-watcher: src/bgp-watcher/monitor.go; 31 LoC

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Found a possible issue in [woanware/bgp-watcher](https://www.github.com/woanware/bgp-watcher) at [src/bgp-watcher/monitor.go](https://github.com/woanware/bgp-watcher/blob/57ce7c368d090517ebb89617ae9a27281a75e2e7/src/bgp-watcher/monitor.go#L115-L145)

Below is the message reported by the analyzer for this snippet of code. Beware that the analyzer only reports the first issue it finds, so please do not limit your consideration to the contents of the below message.

> range-loop variable name used in defer or goroutine at line 134

[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/woanware/bgp-watcher/blob/57ce7c368d090517ebb89617ae9a27281a75e2e7/src/bgp-watcher/monitor.go#L115-L145)

Click here to show the 31 line(s) of Go which triggered the analyzer.

```go
for name, url := range config.DataSets {

files, err = getUpdateFiles(name, url, year, month)
if err != nil {
return
}

for _, file = range files {
wg.Add(1)

go func(year int, month int, fileName string) {
defer wg.Done()

semaphore <- struct{}{} // Lock
defer func() {
<-semaphore // Unlock
}()

fmt.Printf("Uncached update file: %s\n", fileName)
err = downloadUpdateFile(name, url, year, month, fileName)
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("Error downloading update file (%s): %v\n", fileName, err)
} else {
tempHistory, err = mrtParser.ParseAndDetect(m.detector, name, fmt.Sprintf("./cache/%s/%d/%d/%s", name, year, month, fileName))
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("Error parsing update file (%s): %v\n", file, err)
}
}
}(year, month, file)
}
}

```

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commit ID: 57ce7c368d090517ebb89617ae9a27281a75e2e7

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