whether this is valid

From: madhur (madhur_at_sdf.com)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 02:19:43 +0530

Hello

char *a="str";
strcpy(a,"abc");

I have learnt that since "a" is a string literal, it might be allocated on
read only memory on some implementations.
Is it correct to modify a string literal using this way.

Madhur Ahuja
India

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