> I need to find out the ways to persist data with pointers > (excluding usage of memory mapped files). Is there any > data type that I can use? I don't understand what exactly you mean by 'persist data'. You want data to persist across what? Multiple executions of a program? Reboots? -Ravi. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus – Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/