From: Steven Watson <steven DOT watson AT dtn DOT ntl DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: changing value of pointers
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 09:30:10 +0000
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Hi Everyone

Is it possible someone can tell me how this code can be written to
change the pointer sent to it
in pow! using a VAR it will make a copy so the value can be changed but
I am unable to figure it out in C?

int  main(void)
char *string;
  file_reads(1,5,&string);
    printf("%s \n",string);
return 0;
}
function from include file:

void file_reads(int handle,int length,char *dummy)
{


     if ((dummy=(char *)malloc(length+1))==NULL){
        puts("Error code here");
        exit(1);
     }


if((fread(dummy,sizeof(char),length,filehandle[handle]))!=length){
            puts("Put error code here");
            exit(1);
         }
                *(dummy+length)=0x00;
               printf("%s\n",dummy);//it prints here fine as expected.
return;
}

thanks in advance
Steven Watson