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An error message

smp wrote on Jun 04, 2009

Hi,

While running my procedure script, I got following error message:

*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x8005302e ***


And then script stopped executing further commands.

Why do I get this message and how to get rid of it?

Thanks & Regards
swapnil

Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Jun 04, 2009

The message generically means there is a coding error that references an invalid pointer (e.g. it was already freed). However, I can't tell from the message whether this is an error in the CL iteself, or one of the binaries that might run from your script. You can type 'd_trace' before running your script to trace the execution and get a better idea of what is failing, but I would need to be able to reproduce the problem to say what's needed to fix it. This isn't a familiar error.

-Mike

Last post on Jun 04, 2009