From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: strange problem
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 20:56:56 -0800
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Chris Larson wrote:

> I'm having a strange problem with DJGPP(most likely my error).  I am
> reading integer and floating point values into a structure from a text
> file.  If I print the variables to the screen while still in the while()
> loop that reads them in (using fscanf()and fseek()) the values print out
> right, but if I print them out after exiting the while() loop they don't
> retain there value(usually = 0). It also does not always work at all but
> will bomb out with the following message.

SEGSEGV means that you're dereferencing bad pointers.  Without a code
snippet of the calls to fscanf and fseek, it's hard to say specifically
what your problem is.  Probably it would be best to post the whole while
loop.

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