Question

I am processing an input string, which consists of a process name, followed by an arbitrary amount of arguments.

I need the process name , along with all of the arguments, in one string.
I thought I could use strcat in a loop, so that it cycles through all of the args and each time appends the arg to the string, but I am having problems with getting a string that in empty to begin the loop.

Can anyone help me out with some basic code?

Thanks.

EDIT:
I’m posting my code for clarity. Mike’s post is closest to what I have now:

    char * temp;
    strcpy(temp,"");
    for (i = 4; i < argc-1; i++) // last arg is null, so we need argc-1
    {
        strcat(temp,argv[i]);
        strcat(temp," ");
    }

ignore the 4 in my for loop for the moment (magic number, i know.)
I am getting a segfault with this code. Is it because of my string assignment? I assume that is the case and hence I asked the question of how i could combine the strings.

Answer 1

You want an empty C string? Is this what you are looking for: char p[] = "";?

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UPDATE

After you posted some code it is clear that you have forgotten to allocate the buffer temp. Simply run around the arguments first, counting up the length required (using strlen), and then allocate temp. Don’t forget space for the zero terminator!