putting search result into a linked list

i want to put my search result(from a linked list) into a linked list from a file
here is my code the problem i think is the loop
in the search fuction
but i don't see the problem

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<ctype.h>

#define BUFSIZE 255

struct dbline{
	char author[BUFSIZE];
	char title[BUFSIZE];
	char edition[BUFSIZE];
	char isbn[10];
	char publisher[BUFSIZE];
	char comment[BUFSIZE];
       	struct dbline *next_rec;
};

typedef struct dbline LIST;
typedef LIST *LINK;

void clear_kb(void)
{
	char junk[BUFSIZE];
	fgets(junk,BUFSIZE,stdin);
}
LINK search(LINK first)
{
	LINK tmp_rec = NULL;
	LINK cur_rec = NULL;
	char *p;
	char tmp_buf[BUFSIZE];
	char search_buf[20];
	puts("Enter the author's name that you want to search");
	fgets(search_buf,20,stdin);
	p = strchr(search_buf,'\n');
		if ( p != NULL)
			*p = '\0';
	clear_kb();
	tmp_rec = (LINK) malloc(sizeof(LIST));
	cur_rec = first;
	while ( cur_rec != NULL )
		{
			strcpy(tmp_buf,cur_rec->author);
			if(strstr(tmp_buf,search_buf) != NULL)
			{
				if (tmp_rec == NULL)
				{
				tmp_rec = cur_rec;
				first = tmp_rec;
				}
				else
				{
				tmp_rec	->next_rec = cur_rec;
				}
			}
			tmp_rec->next_rec = NULL;
		}
		return first;
}



FILE *open_file_to_read(FILE *fp ,char *filename)
{
	if((fp = fopen(filename ,"r")) == NULL)
	{
		fprintf(stderr ,"error opening file");
		exit(-1);
	}
	return fp;
}

LINK read_to_list(FILE *fpr, LINK first)
{
	LIST tmp_rec ;
	LINK new_rec = NULL;
	LINK cur_rec = NULL;
	while(fgets(tmp_rec.author, BUFSIZE, fpr) && fgets(tmp_rec.title, BUFSIZE, fpr) && fgets(tmp_rec.edition, BUFSIZE, fpr) && fgets(tmp_rec.isbn, BUFSIZE, fpr) && fgets(tmp_rec.publisher, BUFSIZE, fpr) && fgets(tmp_rec.comment, BUFSIZE, fpr) != NULL)
	{
		new_rec = (LINK) malloc(sizeof(LIST));
		*new_rec = tmp_rec;
		if (cur_rec == NULL)
		{
			cur_rec = new_rec;
			first = new_rec;
		}
		else
		{
			cur_rec->next_rec = new_rec;
			cur_rec=new_rec;
		}

		new_rec->next_rec = NULL;
	}
	return first;
}

void print_all(LINK first)
{
	LINK cur_rec = NULL;
	cur_rec = first;
	while (cur_rec != NULL)
	{
		printf("\nauthor:	%s", cur_rec->author);
		printf("\ntitle:	%s", cur_rec->title);
		printf("\nedition:	%s", cur_rec->edition);
		printf("\nisbn:		%s", cur_rec->isbn);
		printf("\npublisher:	%s", cur_rec->publisher);
		printf("\ncomment:	%s", cur_rec->comment);
		cur_rec = cur_rec->next_rec;
	}
}

any suggestion would be nice

i don;t get it what you mean with repairing this is my first program with single linked list
i want to make a temporay node that has as only purpose printing it for search result or deleting

but i want to copy my data to a tmp node and i want to
return the first node of my data to print
thx for your quick reply

ah well i willi give it a try find it all very confusing
thx again for the quick info

another question is there a possiblity of having an infinte loop
at
while ( cur_rec != NULL )

forgot cur_rec=cur_rec->next_rec
was caught in an infinite loop and know the
first problem is gone
thx for your help