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Segmentation fault when executed from linux command line [closed]

My code compiles and runs fine in my IDE. However, when I use gcc to compile and then run my a.out file it says Segmentation fault (core dumped).

(edited to include my code)

In main.c I have commented out all of my code and it still causes seg fault.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <pthread.h>


#include "BmpProcessor.h"
#include "PixelProcessor.h"
#include "PpmProcessor.h"
#include "debug.h"

#define THREAD_COUNT 8;

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

/** commented out all of my code */
    
    return 0;
}

Any ideas why? None of my other files that I include have a main method.

DEBUGGING DETAILS

gcc -g -Wall -pedantic -o PurdyImageProcessor PurdyImageProcessor.c BmpProcessor.c PpmProcessor.c PixelProcessor.c -lm -pthread
PixelProcessor.c: In function ‘boxBlurMultithreading’:
PixelProcessor.c:437:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
 }
 ^
PixelProcessor.c: In function ‘cheesifyMultithreading’:
PixelProcessor.c:487:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
 }

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Answer

We need more information. Please do the following:

  1. Recompile with “-g”, for debugging information. Include “-Wall -pedantic” for additional compiler warnings

    EXAMPLE: gcc -g -Wall -pedantic -o myprog myprog.c

  2. Update your post with your “gcc” command, and the compiler warnings you get.

  3. Run your program. If it still crashes, use gdb to analyze further:

    EXAMPLE: gdb ./myprog Type “r” to execute. Type “bt” to get a stack trace after it crashes. Copy/paste the stack trace into your post.

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