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Top Forums Programming Unexplained segmentation fault Post 302508093 by drl on Friday 25th of March 2011 05:50:55 PM
Old 03-25-2011
Hi.

Sometimes lint-like tools can catch these errors. For example, on Debian GNU/Linux, there is a utility splint. The output from running it on your code is:
Code:
% splint t1.c
Splint 3.1.2 --- 23 Aug 2008

t1.c:4:1: Function main declared to return void, should return int
  The function main does not match the expected type. (Use -maintype to inhibit
  warning)
t1.c: (in function main)
t1.c:13:16: Unallocated storage buf passed as out parameter to fgets: buf
  An rvalue is used that may not be initialized to a value on some execution
  path. (Use -usedef to inhibit warning)
t1.c:13:25: Possibly null storage fp passed as non-null param: fgets (..., fp)
  A possibly null pointer is passed as a parameter corresponding to a formal
  parameter with no /*@null@*/ annotation.  If NULL may be used for this
  parameter, add a /*@null@*/ annotation to the function parameter declaration.
  (Use -nullpass to inhibit warning)
   t1.c:11:8: Storage fp may become null
t1.c:16:23: Possibly null storage fp2 passed as non-null param:
               fputs (..., fp2)
   t1.c:12:9: Storage fp2 may become null
t1.c:7:8: Variable c declared but not used
  A variable is declared but never used. Use /*@unused@*/ in front of
  declaration to suppress message. (Use -varuse to inhibit warning)

Finished checking --- 5 code warnings

Best wishes ... cheers, drl
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