Anubhav Hanjura wrote:
> If I have the following code:
> --------------
> main()
> {
>
> char *filename;
> char *string = "this is a string";
>
> strcpy(filename,string);
> printf("filename is %s\n",filename);
> }
> --------------
>
> it gives me a segmentation fault when I compile it using one c++
> compiler while on other it works fine.Why???
Because the initial value of `filename' is random. If it happens to
point to writable memory, then it won't segfault, otherwise it will.
You need to either initialise `filename' to point to some writable
memory (e.g. to an array, or to the result of malloc(), alloca() etc),
or make it an array.
--
Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
