char* and different memory moving functions like memcpy etc

[ziibrs]

Is it true that it is not allowed to overwrite statically initialized
char * ?
For example:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(void)
{
char *dest=" ";
char *src="kakjis";
memcpy(dest,src,1);
printf("%s",dest);
return 0;
}

the gived code compiled with gcc under SuSe 10.1 gives segmentation
fault;
if i replace char *dest=" "; with a correct malloc everything
works.

Could someone please explain this behaivor to me ?

 

[Chris Dollin]

Is it true that it is not allowed to overwrite statically initialized
char * ?
No.

For example:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(void)
{
char *dest=" ";
char *src="kakjis";
memcpy(dest,src,1);
printf("%s",dest);
return 0;
}

the gived code compiled with gcc under SuSe 10.1 gives segmentation
fault;
if i replace char *dest=" "; with a correct malloc everything
works.

Could someone please explain this behaivor to me ?

It's not allowed to change the contents of a /string literal/.

It might be in write-protected memory (BOOM) or it might be in
write-ignoring memory (WHOOSH) or it might be in plain old
RAM (Mother, he has deaded "me"!).

 

[ziibrs]

Thanks, i kinda thought that could be the reason but i was not sure.

Thanks for the answer , it brought some joy into this cloudy day