// file: my first program
//
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define MAX_LEN 9999
#define MAX_NLINES 99999

// my main program starts here
//
int main(int argc, char** argv) {

  FILE* fp = fopen(argv[1], "r");

  char str[MAX_LEN];

  char* mstr[MAX_NLINES];
  long linenum = 0;

  while (fgets(str, MAX_LEN - 1, fp) != (char*)NULL) {

    // allocate space
    //
    long len = strlen(str);
    mstr[linenum] = new char[len + 1];

    // copy the data
    //
    strcpy(mstr[linenum], str);

    // increment the line number
    //
    linenum++;
  }

  // deallocate memory
  //
  while (linenum > 0) {
    delete [] mstr[linenum--];
  }



  fclose(fp);
  
  // exit gracefully
  //
  return 0;
}