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From: msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Character pointer c core dump
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Date: 12 Apr 90 17:55:38 GMT
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In article <SCOTTH.90Apr12092017@harlie.corp.sgi.com>,
scotth@corp.sgi.com (Scott Henry) writes:
> [8], etc) will work, any other offset will cause a segv and core dump. If

Actually it causes a bus error (SIGBUS) not a segmentation violation
(SIGSEGV).
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