Segmentation fault while using bash script to generate mobility file - linux

Question

I am using a bash script to generate mobility files (setdest) in ns2 for various seeds. But I am running into this troublesome segmentation fault. Any help would be appreciated. The setdest.cc has been modified, so its not the standard ns2 file.
I will walk you through the problem.
This code in a shell script returns the segmentation fault.
#! /bin/sh
setdest="/root/ns-allinone-2.1b9a/ns-2.1b9a/indep-utils/cmu-scen-gen/setdest/setdest_mesh_seed_mod"
let nn="70" #Number of nodes in the simulation
let time="900" #Simulation time
let x="1000" #Horizontal dimensions
let y="1000" #Vertical dimensions
for speed in 5
do
for pause in 10
do
for seed in 1 5
do
echo -e "\n"
echo Seed = $seed Speed = $speed Pause Time = $pause
chmod 700 $setdest
setdest -n $nn -p $pause -s $speed -t $time -x $x -y $y -l 1 -m 50 > scen-mesh-n$nn-seed$seed-p$pause-s$speed-t$time-x$x-y$y
done
done
done
error is
scengen_mesh: line 21: 14144 Segmentation fault $setdest -n $nn -p $pause -s $speed -t $time -x $x -y $y -l 1 -m 50 >scen-mesh-n$nn-seed$seed-p$pause-s$speed-t$time-x$x-y$y
line 21 is the last line of the shell script (done)
The strange thing is If i run the same setdest command on the terminal, there is no problem! like
$setdest -n 70 -p 10 -s 5 -t 900 -x 1000 -y 1000 -l 1 -m 50
I have made out where the problem is exactly. Its with the argument -l. If i remove the argument in the shell script, there is no problem. Now i will walk you through the modified setdest.cc where this argument is coming from.
This modified setdest file uses a text file initpos to read XY coordinates of static nodes for a wireless mesh topology. the relevant lines of code are
FILE *fp_loc;
int locinit;
fp_loc = fopen("initpos","r");
while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "r:m:l:n:p:s:t:x:y:i:o")) != EOF) {
switch (ch) {
case 'l':
locinit = atoi(optarg);
break;
default:
usage(argv);
exit(1);
if(locinit)
fscanf(fp_loc,"%lf %lf",&position.X, &position.Y);
if (position.X == -1 && position.Y == -1){
position.X = uniform() * MAXX;
position.Y = uniform() * MAXY;
}
What i dont get is...
In Shell script..
-option -l if supplied by 0 returns no error,
-but if supplied by any other value (i used 1 mostly) returns this segmentation fault.
In Terminal..
-no segmentation fault with any value. 0 or 1
something to do with the shell script surely. I am amazed what is going wrong where!
Your help will be highly appreciated.
Cheers