Sorry, I forgot to include the sessinInfo:

> sessionInfo()
R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14) 
i386-apple-darwin8.11.1 

locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base 
> library("AffymetrixDataTestFiles")
> pathname <- "annotationData/chipTypes/Test3/1.XDA/Test3.CDF"
> pathname <- system.file(pathname, package="AffymetrixDataTestFiles")
> stopifnot(file.exists(pathname))
> print(pathname)
[1] "/Users/Neel/Library/R/2.10/library/AffymetrixDataTestFiles/annotationData/chipTypes/Test3/1.XDA/Test3.CDF"
> library("affxparser")
> hdr <- readCdfHeader(pathname)

 *** caught segfault ***
address 0xfffffffc, cause 'memory not mapped'

Traceback:
 1: .Call("R_affx_get_cdf_file_header", filename, PACKAGE = "affxparser")
 2: readCdfHeader(pathname)

Possible actions:
1: abort (with core dump, if enabled)
2: normal R exit
3: exit R without saving workspace
4: exit R saving workspace
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