From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
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Subject: Re: I need some help, I am having a hella of a time with Rhide...and DJGPP
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 13:57:53 -0500
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John Doe wrote:
> 
> struct blah {int x, y; char *name; };
> struct blah *testing;
> main () {
>    FILE *fp;

The variable testing is a pointer that's not pointing to any particular
place at this moment.  You need to do something like
  testing = (struct blah *) malloc(sizeof(struct blah));
here.

Your second program has the same problem.

>    testing->name = " ";

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