#include <stdio.h>

#define     MAX_PACKETS     100
#define     PACKET_SIZE     256

int main(void) {
    char **packetList = (char**)malloc(sizeof(char*) * MAX_PACKETS);
    int l, packets = 0;
    char buffer[PACKET_SIZE];
    FILE *f = fopen("myfile.txt", "r");

    while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), f)) {
        packetList[packets] = (char*)malloc(PACKET_SIZE);
        memcpy(packetList[packets], buffer, PACKET_SIZE);
        packets++;
    }

    for (l = 0; l < packets; l++)
        printf("packet %d: %s", l, packetList[l]);

    return 0;
}