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Re: 'Bus error' when running a Posix 'C' program.
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Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:38:14 -0700
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Do a CI :SETDUMP command before running the program and you might get a stack
trace that will be helpful.

Robert Mills wrote:
>
> Omitted the subject line on last send of this posting (no responses) so
> trying again:
>
> Downloaded text2pdf from invent3k last week and found that, after tweaking
> with some of the switches, it works great. Does just what we wanted (thanks
> to Phil Smith for writing it and Mark Wonsil for making it available on
> invent3k) ...
>
> Now here's the BUT - just tried it with one of our biggest reports and got a
> 'Bus error'. I've only listed the variables that changed during this run.
> Anybody know what is causing this and how to fix it? We will save forests
> not just trees if it can be made to work.
>
> HP979: xeq sh.hpbin.sys "-c '/usr/local/contrib/bin/text2pdf -y950 -x800 -L
> -c160 -l60 < /SYSDEV/ROBERT/STVALSEP > STVALSEP.pdf'"
> [1] + Done(138) ?
>   3146966     Bus error /usr/local/contrib/bin/text2pdf
> Program terminated in an error state. (CIERR 976)
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