> The second argument to scanf in the line
>
> scanf("%s", &filename);
>
> needs to be a pointer to a char ARRAY large enough to hold the input. The
> way it is, you are overwriting memory. The fact that is works on digital
> unix is just a fluke.
Not only that, if filename is defined as a pointer to char, then that
& in there is spurious, and he's doing an extra unwanted dereference, and
as such will really be overwriting memory he doesn't want to be. :)
> Michael
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