Re: [PLUG] this code crashes [OT]

[Jeff Weisberg <jaw+plug@tcp4me.com>]

| #define MAX_BUF 1024
| cout << "src:" << src << ", " << "dst:" << dst<< "\n";
| char buffer[MAX_BUF+1];
| 
| size_t bytes_read;
| FILE *source, *dest;
| 
| source = fopen(src, "r");
| dest = fopen(dst, "w");
| memset(buffer, 0, MAX_BUF);
| 
| bytes_read = fread(buffer, 1, MAX_BUF, source);
| 
| while(bytes_read)
| {
|     fwrite(buffer, 1, bytes_read, dest);
|     bytes_read = fread(buffer, 1, MAX_BUF, source);
| }
| 
| fclose(dest);
| return 0;


1) you're feeding your C compiler invalid C. almost looks like C++.

2) you did not check that the fopens actually succeed.

3) you did not close src

4) you did not tell us the results of running the debugger.



	--jeff


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