Thread: Problem with malloc and pointers to pointers

In this function I am trying to malloc an array of pointers, then for each pointer malloc space for a string. It compiles, but segfaults at the highlighted line. What am I doing wrong?

Code:

int LoadWordList(char *fname, char **list)
{
	FILE *fp = fopen(fname, "r");
	char ch;
	char string[MAX_LEN];
	int linecount = 0, i, len;

	if(! fp)			
	{
		printf("Error: Unable to open wordlist file.\n");
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	}
	while((ch = fgetc(fp)) != EOF)
		if(ch == '\n') linecount++;
	rewind(fp);

	*list = (char*)malloc(linecount+1);

	for(i=0; i<linecount; i++)
	{
		fgets(string, MAX_LEN, fp);
		len = strlen(string);
		list[i] = (char*)malloc(len+1);  // Segfaults here
		//strcpy(list[i], string);
		//printf("%s", list[i]);
	}		
	return linecount;
}

Cheers.