Incompatible pointer type

[Remi Nime]

Hi,

I'm newbie in C.
I get the error "warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type" compiling.

Can you help me on ?


So each arguments (args[]) is a file (path)
i want to verify that the file exists for each.

/* the main function*/ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { FILE *ifile; int ef; for(ef=1; ef<argc; ef++){ printf("File to process : %s\n",argv[ef]); ifile = argv[ef]; /* The problem is here */ pFile=fopen(file,"r"); if (pFile==NULL){ return 1; /* the file doesn't exist. */ } } return 0; } /* end code */



Thank you very much for your help.

Remi.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Welcome to the Ranch

You have several errors; you have not declared file and pfile. Are they supposed to be ifile?
The return statement at the end should read
return pFile == NULL ? 1 : 0;
You are trying to assign the contents of a **char which is a *char or a null‑terminated String to a FILE pointer. That will never work. I suggest you look for a tutorial about opening files from their names.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Please format your code properly; spaces around binary operators please. Use i for the loop index. Please post your include directives too. I think you only need
#include <stdio.h>

[Campbell Ritchie]

And don't put return statements inside a loop.