Q26589: Variables in C 5.00/5.10 splitpath() Example Declared Wrong

Article: Q26589
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.00 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 11-FEB-1991

On page 560 of the "Microsoft C Optimizing Compiler: Run-Time Library
Reference" that shipped with C versions 5.00 and 5.10, the example for
the _splitpath() function declares its variables incorrectly. It
declares arrays of pointers, rather than arrays of characters, as
follows:

   char * drive [3];
   char * dir [30];
   char * fname [9];
   char * ext [4];

The correct declaration should be as follows:

   char drive [3];
   char dir [30];
   char fname [9];
   char ext [4];

Both declarations work correctly, but unpredictable results may occur
with the original form of the array declarations.

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