Here's the code #include <glob.h> #include <wordexp.h> #include "my-header.h" //my-header.h brings in just a few headers like stdio.h and defines some strucs I will be using. /*This should eventually be called sruct metadata filefinder(struct swches s, unsigned short int fileno, stop) GLOB_NOMAGIC | GLOB_NOSORT | GLOB_NOESCAPE*/ struct metadata { unsigned short int stop; unsigned char *file; unsigned short int size; unsigned char *name; unsigned char *permissions; //Format mmddyyyy unsigned short int date; //If applicable unsigned char *directory; unsigned short int itemsindir; }; int main(void) { char a[6] = "hello"; char *char1 = a; struct glob_t globulation; //struct wordexp_t wordomatic; /*int errfunc(const char *filename, int errorcode) { return('\0'); } int check = glob(char1, GLOB_NOMAGIC | GLOB_NOSORT | GLOB_NOESCAPE,\ &errfunc, globulation);*/ //int check = wordexp(char1, wordomatic, WRDE_UNDEF); if (check != 0) { return(1); } return(0); } -- View this message in context: http://gcc.1065356.n5.nabble.com/trouble-using-glob-and-wordexp-tp945091p945122.html Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.