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

char read_file_nic(word)
  char word[256];
  {
    FILE *interface, *fopen();

    /* process_name_2 is now a file name */
    interface = fopen(process_name_2, "r");
    if (fopen(process_name_2, "r") == NULL)
      {
         perror("Couldn't open file");
         /* shut_down_services(); */
         exit(1);
      }

    fscanf(interface, "%s", word);
    printf("in read_file_nic word = %s\n", word);

    fclose(interface);
    return(word[0]);
  }

/********************************/

main()
 {
   char word [256] = "";

   read_file_nic(process_name_2, word);
   printf ("1 in main word = %s\n", word);

 }