From: "David Mitchell" <dmitchell AT inet DOT net DOT nz>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Files with GCC
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:22:50 +1200
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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:

Exiting due to signal SIGSEG
Page fault at eip=00005df6, error=0006
eax=00000001 ebx=00066ac0 ecx=00066900 edx=001a41a0 esi=00001bcc
edi=00000037
ebp=00066a30 esp=000669b0 program=D:\DAVID\OBJ\A.EXE
cs: sel=00a7  base=82dae000  limit=0007ffff
ds: sel=00af  base=82dae000  limit=ffffffff
es: sel=00af  base=82dae000  limit=ffffffff
fs: sel=0087  base=0001c0a0  limit=0000ffff
gs: sel=00bf  base=00000000  limit=ffffffff
ss: sel=00af  base=82dae000  limit=ffffffff

Call frame traceback EIPs:
  0x00005df6
  0x0000597a
  0x00005743
  0x00002b86
  0x00001cbf
  0x00002092
  0x0000261a

What's wrong?  Sorry if this is a bit vague.

David