Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 09:29:55 -0400 From: dj AT ctron DOT com (DJ Delorie) To: davis AT amy DOT tch DOT harvard DOT edu () Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu Subject: Re: Silly question > > extern int something (const char **); I had this problem. The correct prototype is this: extern int something (char * const *); See for examples.