#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

void getRestaurants(char ***restaurantsArray) {
    FILE *restaurantsFile = fopen("./restaurants.txt", "r");
    char *restaurant = (char *)malloc(50 * sizeof(char));
    char *restaurantCopy = restaurant;

    //fopen will return null if it is unable to read the file
    if (restaurantsFile == NULL) {
    free(restaurant);
    return;
    }

    int index = 0;
    while (fgets(restaurantCopy, 50, restaurantsFile)) {
        // segfault occurs the third time the following line is executed
        *restaurantsArray[index] = (char*)malloc(50 * sizeof(char));
        strcpy(*restaurantsArray[index], restaurantCopy);
        printf("%s", restaurantCopy);
        printf("%s", *restaurantsArray[index]);
        index++;
    }

    fclose(restaurantsFile);
    free(restaurant);
}

void main() {
    char **restaurantsArray = (char **)malloc(100 * sizeof(char *));
    char **restaurantsArrayCopy = restaurantsArray;
    getRestaurants(&restaurantsArrayCopy);
}