Trying to Attain Data from a previously Implemented Read File Function

[Stunner]

Hey guys, basically what I am trying to do is access the data from a previously created readFile function already made. I am supposed to be able to access the data and store it in my own way. Here is the readFile Function:

void readFile(const char filename[], Vessel **vessels, Vessel **vessels2,
        int *vesselCount, int *cellCount, int *depth)
{
  int ID;
  Vessel *ves, *ves2;
        ifstream inf(filename);
  inf >> *cellCount >> *vesselCount >> *depth;
  ves = new Vessel[*vesselCount];
  ves2 = new Vessel[*vesselCount];
  for(int i = 0; i < *vesselCount; i++)
  {
    inf >> ID;
        inf >> ves[ID].src >> ves[ID].dest >> ves[ID].capacity;
    ves2[ID] = ves[ID];
  } // for i

  inf.close();
  *vessels2 = ves2;
  *vessels = ves;
} // readFile()

Here is the Vessel Class:

class Vessel
{
 public:
        int src;
  int dest;
  int capacity;
};  // class Vessel

This is what I came up with(I have tried different alterations of this):

void getData(Vessel *vessels2)
{
  Vessel *vessels3;

  *vessels3 = vessels2;//copying data to my own vessel array
  return;
}//getData

And when I try making, I get this error(even with different alterations I end up with this error):

prog5]$ make
g++ -Wall -ansi -g -c blood.cpp
blood.cpp: In function 'void getData(Vessel*)':
blood.cpp:8: error: no match for 'operator=' in '* vessels3 = vessels2'
bloodRunner.h:5: note: candidates are: Vessel& Vessel::operator=(const Vessel&)
make: *** [blood.o] Error 1

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong or give me a hint as to what I should do. I am not able to change the readFile function or the Vessel Class in any way. So I know I am definitely doing something wrong.

Thanks a lot for the help in advance!

[Danny]

You forgot to dereference vessel2:

*vessels3 = vessels2; //error
*vessels3 = *vessels2; //correct