From: Boon van der RJ <rjvdboon AT cs DOT vu DOT nl>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Files with GCC
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 13:45:37 GMT
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David Mitchell <dmitchell AT inet DOT net DOT nz> wrote:
> Could somebody tell me what is wrong with this code?
> int points;
> FILE *objFile;
> objFile = fopen(fname, "rt");
> fscanf(objFile, "%d", points);
> When I run this, my program crashes with this message:

You might try compile with -g and then use symify a.exe with the
traceback on the screen to identify the line where your program
crashes. (read the FAQ on this subject)
Furthermore fscanf needs a pointer to where it should put the
variable:
fscanf(objFile, "%d", &points);
and a if (objFile==NULL) return; after the fopen would be a good idea,
so you know when the file did not open correctly.

hth,
 Robert