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From:	"Amos" <tirtsab AT inter DOT net DOT il>
To:	"egor duda" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: STATUS+AF8-ACCESS+AF8-VIOLATION Exception
Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2002 15:26:10 +0200
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Thanks Egor.

Amos
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "egor duda" <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
To: "Amos" <tirtsab AT zahav DOT net DOT il>
Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: STATUS+AF8-ACCESS+AF8-VIOLATION Exception


> Hi!
> 
> Thursday, 24 January, 2002 Amos tirtsab AT inter DOT net DOT il wrote:
> 
> A> Any simple c program that uses a string function crashes with the
> A> STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION exception.
> 
> A> #include <string.h>
> A> main()
> A> {    char *abc = "a b c";
> A>     strcpy(abc, "hello");
> A>     printf("%s\n", abc);
> A> }
> 
> your program is incorrect. "a b c" string is a constant and can't be
> overwritten. complier places it in read-only segment, hence the
> exception in strcpy. Please refer to any C language manual for rules
> of proper string manipulation.
> 
> Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19
> 


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