Thread: Why is this a seg fault?

Code:

int CalcIt(char* a, int m)
{
char* aCopy = malloc(sizeof(char*)*1000*m);
strcpy(aCopy,a);

return 0;
}
}

This is part of a bigger program and I am only getting a seg fault here on large iterations.

Why does this seg fault on strcpy?

Thanks
-Jeff