From: Alfie Costa (agcosta@gis.net)
Date: Mon Jun 10 2002 - 22:50:53 CEST
On 10 Jun 2002, at 17:11, Josh <mulinux@sunsite.dk> wrote:
> Also what is a segmentation fault ? does it mean that a file is corrupted or
> missing?
"segmentation fault n. Unix 1. techspeak An error in which a running
program attempts to access memory not allocated to it and core dumps
with a segmentation violation error. This is often caused by improper
usage of pointers in the source code, dereferencing a null pointer, or
(in C) inadvertently using a non-pointer variable as a pointer. The
classic example is:
int i;
scanf ("%d", i); /* should have used &i */
2. To lose a train of thought or a line of reasoning. Also uttered as
an exclamation at the point of befuddlement."
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