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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!decuac!burfle.dco.dec.com!murphy
  3. From: murphy@burfle.dco.dec.com (Rick Murphy)
  4. Subject: Re: Memory fault
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov8.035717.29004@decuac.dec.com>
  6. Sender: news@decuac.dec.com (USENET News System)
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  8. Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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  11. Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 03:57:17 GMT
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  14. If it seg faults before executing any of your code, it's overruning the stack.
  15. This is common for programs with large arrays.
  16. Try 'limit stacksize unlimited' before running it (assuming you're a c-shell
  17. user.)
  18.     -Rick
  19. -- 
  20. Rick Murphy, WA1SPT/4            Washington Open Systems Resource Center
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