Thread: Segmentation fault while acceesing .dat file in Unix.

Hi All,

Below is my sample code of a C program. I am doing lot of processing, but my issue is I am getting a segmentation fault error in my main when I am putting the file names at the command line and using them. The program works great in Windows, but its giving error in Unix. Could you please help me with the same.

Below is the code of my Main function.

Code:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    
    FILE *user, *requests;
    char c;
    user = fopen(argv[1], "r");
    requests = fopen(argv[2], "r");
    


    //For users


    struct userStorage *USHead = NULL;
    //struct users *userHead = NULL;


    char originalLine[128];
    char *processingLine;
    char processingL[128];


    int uid;
    int processTime;




    //For jobs


    
    //struct jobs *jobHead = NULL;


    char jobLine[128];
    char *jobProcesslingLine;
    char *jobProcessingLine2;
    char *jobProcesslingLine3;
    char jobPL[128];
    char jobPL2[128];
    char jobPL3[128];


    int jid;
    int jpriority;
    int jtime;


    //For tempList;


struct tempList *tempL = NULL;


//Loop to handle users


if (user != NULL)
{
    char line[128];


    while (fgets(line, sizeof line, user) != NULL)
    {
        strcpy(originalLine, line);
        strtok_s(originalLine, ", ", &processingLine);
        strcpy(processingL, processingLine);
        uid = atoi(originalLine);
        processTime = atoi(processingL);
        //fputs(originalLine, stdout);
        //FOR EVERY LINE MAKE A USER NODE AND USER STORAGE NODE


        struct users *u = addUser(uid, processTime);
        addUserStorage(&USHead, &u);


    }
    fclose(user);
}
else
{
    perror(argv[1]);
}


//Loop to handle requests


if (requests != NULL)
{
    char line[128];


    while (fgets(line, sizeof line, requests) != NULL)
    {
        strcpy(jobLine, line);
        strtok_s(jobLine, ", ", &jobProcesslingLine);
        uid = atoi(jobLine);
        strcpy(jobPL, jobProcesslingLine);
        strtok_s(jobPL, ", ", &jobProcessingLine2);
        jid = atoi(jobPL);
        strcpy(jobPL2, jobProcessingLine2);
        strtok_s(jobPL2, ", ", &jobProcesslingLine3);
        jpriority = atoi(jobPL2);
        strcpy(jobPL3, jobProcesslingLine3);
        jtime = atoi(jobPL3);
        //printf("User id is %d job id is %d job priority is %d processing time is %d\n", uid, jid, jpriority, jtime);




        //FOR EVERY REQUEST,ADD THE REQUEST IN THE TEMP LIST


        addTemp(&tempL, uid, jid, jpriority, jtime);


    }
    fclose(user);


}
else
{
    perror(argv[2]);
}

How exactly are you calling your program?

Have you run the program with your debugger? The debugger should be able to tell you where it detects the problem and you should be able to view the variables at the time of the crash.


Jim

Hi Jim,

I am running the program through terminal. The issue is, I am getting the error file not found, even though the files are there.
Which debugger should I try, can you suggest something

Thanks,
Tanmay

Hi,

I am entering the file names on the command line.

./Main (object file) user.dat request.dat


Thanks and Regards,
Tanmay

You should be using something like "./yourProgramName user.dat request.dat" where "yourProgramName" is the name of your program. You must be in the directory where your program executable is located and the data files must be in the same directory.

Jim

Hey, Thanks for the help Jim, Tim.

I figured out my silly mistake.
I was closing the user file after closing it in the first place.
That was giving the segmentation core dump error.
Got the code running now.

Thanks,
Tanmay