bobsced0$ gcc -g -o prog ss.c
bobsced0$ ./prog
File size is:906984
Segmentation fault
bobsced0$ gdb prog
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(gdb) run
Starting program: /nfs/cluster/home/ncsi23/prog
File size is:906984
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0000000000401449 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fbfffedb8) at ss.c:45
45 while ((position=fgets(buffer,s, infile)) != NULL)
(gdb) print *position
$1 = 0 '\0'
(gdb) print position
$2 = 0x7fbfffed10 ""
(gdb)
Any one help me please. I'm trying to read a large file, i'm getting this error. i can read up to 2 lakh words from a file. but i can't read with more size. Could you help me how to use valgrind in PuTTy .
