From: cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher G. Faylor)
Subject: Re: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION What is it ??
26 May 1998 14:22:04 GMT
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In article <3567290A DOT 4C2611A5 DOT cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT geocities DOT com>,
Ondrej Florian <OFlorian AT geocities DOT com> wrote:
>When I compile mc (it compiles without any problems when I "fix" the
>truncate function) executing program's binary will give me this
>
>(C:\Incoming\src\mc-4.1\src\mc.exe 1005) Exception:
>STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
>(C:\Incoming\src\mc-4.1\src\mc.exe 1005) Dumping stack trace to
>mc.exe.core
>
>What does "Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION" mean ??
>I don't have any other problem with any other compiled binary.

It means that there has been a reference to an invalid memory address.
Run the program under gdb to find out exactly where.
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