(IN GAME.H)

// function definitions to give cpp files access to each other.
    void logString(char *out);
    void setLog();
// The system structure will track most of the global system variables.
    struct system_data
    {
        FILE    *logFile;
        int     port;
        string  mudName;
    };
    typedef struct system_data SYSTEM_DATA;
    extern struct system_data sys;
    <STRIPPED>




(IN GAME.CPP)
nt main(int argc,char **argv){
    int i;
//    SYSTEM_DATA *sys;
    sys.port = 3333;
    sys.mudName = "Rift of Fate";
    perror("GOT HERE!");

<STRIPPED (the above perror never goes off, btw)>

(IN LOG.CPP)
void logString(char *out)
{
//    SYSTEM_DATA *sys;
    FILE * logFile;
    int i;
    time_t now;
    time(&now);
    struct tm *local = localtime(&now);
  	//logFile = fopen (sys->logFile, "a");
    if(!sys.logFile){
        perror("logString: logFile failed to open!");
        exit(1);
    }
    fprintf(sys.logFile, "%d/%d/%d ", local->tm_mon, local->tm_mday, local->tm_year);
    fprintf(sys.logFile, "%d:%d:%d - %s\n\0", local->tm_hour, local->tm_min, local->tm_sec, out);
/*    fclose(logFile);
    if(logFile){
        perror("logString: logFile failed to CLOSE!?");
        exit(1);
    }*/
    return;
}