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yogo
yogo

Reputation: 47

How do i resolve the procedure entry point_impure_ptr error in cygwin/opencobol?

Whenever I try to run my .exe cobol file, i get this error..

fileName.exe Entry Point Not Found The procedure entry point_impure_ptr could not be located in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll

I am using OpenCObol and cygwin ver1.7.15.thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3948

Answers (2)

Brian Tiffin
Brian Tiffin

Reputation: 4116

You'll need to specify the proper path for the command below, but Cygwin seems pretty persnickety with entry point addresses and updates, The system includes a rebaseall command to help fix this problem. Most times I've witnessed it is after a setup.exe pass, while the Cygwin system was still active (and perhaps only in the background and not visible).

C:\Users\btiffin\cygwin\bin\dash -c '/usr/bin/rebaseall'

Run that from a Windows CMD shell (while Cygwin isn't active, say after a clean boot and before running the Cygwin shell. Basically cygwin1.dll can't be open). You'll need to use the proper Windows path to dash for your particular install. Google Cygwin rebase for detailed articles.

Upvotes: 3

Valdis Grinbergs
Valdis Grinbergs

Reputation: 453

I had a similar error message after upgrading from cygwin version 1.5 to 1.7. I solved it by completely removing and reinstalling 1.7 from scratch. I was told there might have been a problem with multiple versions of dlls.

Upvotes: 0

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