Warning: comparison with string literals results in unspecified behaviour
- by nunos
So I starting the project of writing a simplified sheel for linux in c. I am not at all proficient with c nor with Linux that's exactly the reason I decided it would be a good idea.
Starting with the parser, I have already encountered some problems.
The code should be straightforward that's why I didn't include any comments.
I am getting a warning with gcc: "comparison with string literals results in unspecified behaviour" at the lines commented with "WARNING HERE" (see code below).
I have no idea why this causes an warning, but the real problem is that even though I am comparing an "<" to an "<" is doesn't get inside the if...
I am looking for an answer for the problem explained, however if there's something that you see in the code that should be improved please say so. Just take in mind I am not that proficient and that this is still a work in progress (or better yet, a work in start).
Thanks in advance.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
typedef enum {false, true} bool;
typedef struct {
char **arg;
char *infile;
char *outfile;
int background;
} Command_Info;
int parse_cmd(char *cmd_line, Command_Info *cmd_info)
{
char *arg;
char *args[100];
int i = 0;
arg = strtok(cmd_line, " \n");
while (arg != NULL) {
args[i] = arg;
arg = strtok(NULL, " \n");
i++;
}
int num_elems = i;
cmd_info->infile = NULL;
cmd_info->outfile = NULL;
cmd_info->background = 0;
int iarg = 0;
for (i = 0; i < num_elems; i++)
{
if (args[i] == "&") //WARNING HERE
return -1;
else if (args[i] == "<") //WARNING HERE
if (args[i+1] != NULL)
cmd_info->infile = args[i+1];
else
return -1;
else if (args[i] == ">") //WARNING HERE
if (args[i+1] != NULL)
cmd_info->outfile = args[i+1];
else
return -1;
else
cmd_info->arg[iarg++] = args[i];
}
cmd_info->arg[iarg] = NULL;
return 0;
}
void print_cmd(Command_Info *cmd_info)
{
int i;
for (i = 0; cmd_info->arg[i] != NULL; i++)
printf("arg[%d]=\"%s\"\n", i, cmd_info->arg[i]);
printf("arg[%d]=\"%s\"\n", i, cmd_info->arg[i]);
printf("infile=\"%s\"\n", cmd_info->infile);
printf("outfile=\"%s\"\n", cmd_info->outfile);
printf("background=\"%d\"\n", cmd_info->background);
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
char cmd_line[100];
Command_Info cmd_info;
printf(">>> ");
fgets(cmd_line, 100, stdin);
parse_cmd(cmd_line, &cmd_info);
print_cmd(&cmd_info);
return 0;
}
