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To answer my own question, yes the storage is static. No, do not free it.

//begin code section 1
h_test = gethostbyname(TEST);
if(h_test==NULL) {
exit(1);
}
//end code section 1
tbox_addr.sin_family = h_test->h_addrtype;
memcpy((char *)...

Hello,
Can anyone tell me what the point of the \ is at the end of preprocessor directives? You often see them in #define clauses, but the compiler I use doesn't care whether they are there or not.

Can someone explain the difference between these two? The first results in a Null Pointer Exception when operating on the string.



char *x = "abcde";

char x[] = "abcde";

Hello,
I have a class using a hash table. The constructor of the hash table takes as parameters the number of buckets, a pointer to a hash function, and a pointer to a comparison function. My...

Thanks a lot, I'm able to get it two work now that I use the string copy function. it's off putting because you often see things like

x = "blah";

where x is of type char*

Hello,
I need to write a function as follows:

//return a list of all the names d has
char** ls(directory* dir);

struct directory{
char* name;
int num_of_files;
struct directory...