How to fix Segmentation fault in C - c

Question

Hello i wrote my c program which will be run on linux.
I am trying to make my own shell for linux.
I have the following code below...
#include <limits.h>
#include <libgen.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#define MAX_LINE 80 /* 80 chars per line, per command, should be enough. */
int main(void){
int i = 0;
int k = 0;
int argsCount = 0;
char inputBuffer[MAX_LINE]; /*buffer to hold command entered */
int background; /* equals 1 if a command is followed by '&' */
char *args[MAX_LINE/2 + 1]; /*command line arguments */
pid_t tpid ;
pid_t child_pid;
int child_status;
char path[PATH_MAX+1];
char *progpath = strdup(args[0]);
char *prog = basename(progpath);
char temp[MAX_LINE];
}
It'is compiling well but when i try to run the code it gives me segmentation fault error
How can i fix it and why i take this error?

Answer 1

Your main has a wrong signature. You want
int main(int argsCount, char**args) {
and of course you should remove the internal declaration of argCount & args inside your main.
Perhaps you want instead your args & argCount to contain the parsed arguments of your own shell (but you still have to give a good signature to your main, conventionally and very often int main(int argc, char**argv).... you probably want your shell to accept the -c argument as most shells do, this would ease debugging with simplistic test cases). Then you should initialize them, and you should read some line (probably with getline) in a loop.
As I commented, you should compile with all warnings & debug info:
gcc -Wall -Wextra -g yoursource.c -o yourprog
Then use gdb ./yourprog to debug your program (see GDB documentation). valgrind should also be helpful. Of course, be sure to develop on a Linux system!
BTW, your program is not a convincing start for a shell. Use strace on some existing shell to understand what a shell needs to do. Study the source code of some existing free software shell (e.g. sash, fish, GNU bash ...). Read Advanced Linux Programming