Segmentation fault using strcat

Question

Here is my code :

char *name, name_log=\"log-\";

------getting \'name\' from user-----

strcat(name_log, name);
char ext[] =         


        

Answer 1

you need to allcocate memory. You cannot add to a string in this way as the string added goes to memory which hasnt been allocated.

you can do

char[20] strarray;

strcat(strarray, "log-");
strcat(strarray, "abcd");