From: Steve Chapel Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Why won't this program run? Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 09:44:54 -0800 Organization: Utilicom, Inc. Lines: 44 Message-ID: <36433596.445AFC73@utilicom.com> References: <199811052339 DOT SAA21629 AT delorie DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.33.43.138 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------A50859B0A3FF7BAC5DFCCBF9" X-Trace: sienna.impulse.net 910374295 18385 207.33.43.138 (6 Nov 1998 17:44:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse AT impulse DOT net NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Nov 1998 17:44:55 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------A50859B0A3FF7BAC5DFCCBF9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Eab AT salnet DOT org wrote: > > I've been having some trouble. The attached C source file compiled, but > the instant I attempt to run it, it quits. Does anybody have any ideas > as to why I'm having trouble? int numlines=10; input=(char **)malloc(10); Shouldn't that be input = (char **)malloc(numlines * sizeof(char **)); as written, your program allocates 10 bytes, not room for 10 char **'s. This question really doesn't have anything to do with DJGPP, and should really be posted to a more appropriate group such as comp.lang.c. --------------A50859B0A3FF7BAC5DFCCBF9 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="schapel.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Steve Chapel Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="schapel.vcf" begin:vcard n:Chapel;Steve tel;fax:(805) 964-5706 tel;work:(805) 964-5848 x227 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.utilicom.com/ org:Utilicom, Inc. Spread Spectrum Communications adr:;;323 Love Place;Santa Barbara;CA;93117-3289;USA version:2.1 email;internet:schapel AT utilicom DOT com title:Software Engineer fn:Steve Chapel end:vcard --------------A50859B0A3FF7BAC5DFCCBF9--