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copied!<p>I was building RPC based server-client application.</p> <p>I have a <code>struct</code> called <code>event</code> that contains:</p> <pre><code>int type_id long int time </code></pre> <p>I have a function in a server that returns (<code>event*</code>):</p> <pre><code>event * log_1_svc(event *argp, struct svc_req *rqstp) { static event* result; result = (struct event*)malloc (3 * sizeof (struct event)); while (i <3) { result[i].type_id = i; result[i].time = i; i++; } return &result } </code></pre> <p>What I want is to receive results on the client using this pointer.</p> <p>Here is the code on the client's site:</p> <pre><code>log_prog_1(char *host,int client_type,int type_id,long int time) { event *result_1; result_1 = log_1(&log_1_arg, clnt); // this calls the function in server and gurantee that the result is returned an address to pointer int i =0; while (i<3) { printf ("Type: %d\n",result_1[i].type_id); printf ("Time: %ld\n",result_1[i].time); [CODE][/CODE] i++; } } </code></pre> <p>This code works but it seems that it returns addresses not values (the numbers shown in client terminal is different from ones in server's terminal).</p> <p>I tried to let the server return <code>result</code>:</p> <pre><code>return result; </code></pre> <p>not the address of result (as written previously):</p> <pre><code>return &result; </code></pre> <p>It worked but only the first item printed correctly in client's terminal, the other 2 items are 0's.</p> <p>Please provide me with a solution and thanks in advance : )</p>

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