Thread: Can't Figure this out

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    Can't Figure this out

    ok I have a tidbit of code and it compiles and works in borland but in microsoft it doesn't so I need help here you go. Also it is not optimized and is kinda weird looking cause I am debugging it and this one is confusing the hell out of me cause you can acces parts of the array with subscript notation. It might help that when I am running the program I get
    Unhandled Exception in idx.exe: 0xc0000005: Access Violation

    Code:
    char *lpCommandLine = argv[1];                          //holds the command line parameter such as c:\program files\index\*.idx  			
    char FileNameBuffer[100] [100] = {0};                 // this holds files containing *.idx
    GetPathName(lpCommandLine, FileNameBuffer); // here is where I call the function
    
    
    int GetPathName(char *FilePathName2, char FileNameBuffer[100][100])
    {
       int			nCount = 0;
       int			nChars = strlen(FilePathName2);
       char			Buffer[10] = {0};
       bool			bCantenate = false;
       char			*FilePathName = FilePathName2;
    
       while(nCount < nChars)
       {
       	if(FilePathName[nCount] == 42)
          {
    		FilePathName[nCount] = '\0';
    		bCantenate = true;
          }
          else
          	nCount++;
       }
    
       nCount = 0;
       if(bCantenate)
       {
       	while(FileNameBuffer[nCount][0] != '\0')
       	{
       		strncat(Buffer, FileNameBuffer[nCount], 10);
          	FileNameBuffer[nCount][0] = '\0';
       		strncat(FileNameBuffer[nCount], FilePathName, nChars);
          	strncat(FileNameBuffer[nCount], Buffer, 10);
          	Buffer[0] = '\0';
          	nCount++;
       	}
       }

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    It happens at

    Code:
    while(nCount < nChars)
       {
       	if(FilePathName[nCount] == 42)
          {
    		FilePathName[nCount] = '\0';   //error occurs here when debugging
    		bCantenate = true;
    		break;
          }
          else
          	nCount++;
       }

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    Are you sure you checked the argc variable if there is an argument?
    Try to copy the argv[1] in another buffer and work with this buffer (don't change the argv variable).

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    if argv is null then it passes a default one that is "C:\\*.idx" for debugging purposes

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    > char Buffer[10] = {0};
    This should be:
    char Buffer[11] = {0};
    Otherwise the strncat() could go past the end of the buffer.

    > if(FilePathName[nCount] == 42)
    Why not use:
    if(FilePathName[nCount] == '*')


    One area of concern is:

    GetPathName(lpCommandLine, FileNameBuffer);

    After this call lpCommandLine gets changed. This may be ok, but if you don't want it changing, make a copy down in the function.

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    I want Buffer to be 0-9 cause the file names will only be xxxxx.idx so that leaves one space for null terminator. I just thought I would use 42 cause I like it I don't know I just did use it. I actually want lpCommandLine to be changed because I use it later on in its morphed form well can anybody help I fixed the problem I talked to a co-worker and he didn't have any answer so thanks everybody.

    Ryan

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    This statement could go past the end of array:
    > strncat(Buffer, FileNameBuffer[nCount], 10);

    You are telling it to concatenate 10 characters, but you buffer only holds 9 characters.

    Also you might try declaring this array above main(), due to its size:
    >char FileNameBuffer[100] [100] = {0}; // this holds files containing *.idx

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    char FileNameBuffer[100] [100] = {0};

    int main(void)
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