need some help on my link list

hi, im trying to read a string one at a time from a text file separated by space and put it into a link list. i think the part where i read the file and put the string into the link list is wrong. can anyone correct me?

Code:

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struct fileEntry{
  char *entry;
  struct fileEntry *next;
};

int main(){

  char entryRecord[50];

  FILE *myfile;
  myfile = fopen("/home/user/file");

  struct fileEntry *headNode, *tailNode;
  headNode = NULL;
  tailNode = NULL;
 
  //allocate memory
  headNode = (struct fileEntry*)malloc(sizeof(struct fileEntry));
  headNode.entry = NULL;
  headNode.next = NULL;

  while(fgets(entryRecord, sizeof(entryRecord), myfile))
  {
      headNode.entry = entryRecord;
      headNode.next = NULL;

      //set tail node to become head node
      tailNode = headNode;
     
      headNote.entry = NULL;
      headNote.next = NULL;
  }
}

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Code:

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struct fileEntry{
  char *entry;
  fileEntry *next;
};

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Is wrong, fileEntry doesn't mean anything -- you mean struct fileEntry * next;

Code:

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void int main(){

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You can only have one type, and the correct type in this case is 'int'. ie

Code:

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int main(void)
{

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Code:

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while(fget(entryRecord, sizeof(entryRecord), myfile))

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You mean fgets?

Also
* Free any memory you malloc
* Don't cast malloc
* Check if fopen() & malloc() didn't fail before continuing
* Learn how to use a linked list.
* try compile before you ask why it doesn't work :)

oh sry zac, i actually got the correct code in my vim but i retyped everything here so theres some mistakes.. anyway, how is the inserting of data? is it correct?

Not really, you have to allocate memory for the next node and so on for n nodes -- allocate as you go, currently you only allocate the first node.

I assume you want to implement a singly-linked list?

Also are the records separated by a space or newline in the file? Currently the way you read implies they are separated by a newline character. Try and get a skeleton program working (ie read records and print them to the screen), then add the linked list.