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From:	gerbty AT indigo DOT ie (gerbty)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: dir.h problem
Date:	19 Apr 1996 20:40:58 GMT
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In article <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 960414095731 DOT 1640Z-100000 AT is>, eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il 
says...

>Are you calling `findfirst' from a C++ program?  There is a known bug in 
>the C++ compiler that comes with GCC 2.7.2: it doesn't pack structures, 
>and struct ffblk is defined with __attribute__((packed)).
>
>To work around, either call `findfirst' from a C function, or surround 
>the definition of struct ffblk (on <dir.h>) with #pragma pack(1) ... 
>#pragma pack() lines.


Thats damn useful! Is there a list of #pragmas supported in the docs? If
not where can I get one?

Ger.

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