Hi all,

I'm having a big problem with a routine I've written. This routine reads a
text file into memory, One line at a time. This routine works fine for most 
files but with some files the computer just goes haywire. (One time, the 
CMOS was erased, The printer printed, The modem clicked, and the floppy disk
drive lights turned on !!!).

I think it might have something to do with unallocated memory, but I can't
seem to fathom the error.

Below is the buggy function. I'll repost the whole program if neccesary.

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#define BUFLEN 500
#define MAXLINES 13000
char* text[MAXLINES];

int loadFile(char* fileName)
   {
   FILE* textFile;
   char buffer[BUFLEN];
   char *buffPnt;   
   int done = -1;   
   int tabCount;    
   /* Open the file; If not exist signal error */

   if ((textFile = fopen(fileName,"rb")) == NULL)
      {
      return(-1);
      }
   do
      {

      lineNum++;
      buffPnt = buffer; 
      
      /* read character from file into buffer until   or EOF*/
      do
         {
          if (feof(textFile)) break; 
         *buffPnt = fgetc(textFile);
         
         /* if it's a line feed ignore it */
         if (*buffPnt == '\r') buffPnt--;

         buffPnt++;
         }
      while (*(buffPnt - 1)  != '\n');

      if (feof(textFile))
         {
         done = 0;
         break;
         }

      *(buffPnt-1) = '\0';

      /* allocate length of string in buffer+1 to current string*/
      text[lineNum] = (char*)malloc(strlen(buffer)+1);
      
      if (text[lineNum] == NULL)
         {
         return(MEM_PROBS);
         }

      /* copy the string */
      strcpy(text[lineNum],buffer);

      if (lineNum == MAXLINES-1)
         {
         done = 0;
         }
      /* if it is the End-Of-File, or max lines exit the loop */


      } while (done == -1 );
      lineNum--;
      fclose(textFile);
   }

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