Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION What is it ??

[Christopher G. Faylor]

In article <3567290A.4C2611A5.cygnus.gnu-win32@geocities.com>,
Ondrej Florian <OFlorian@geocities.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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