Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 21:00:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Samuel Vincent <svincent AT cs DOT sonoma DOT edu>
To: Murrian Family <unknown AT cycat DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: A bug in DJGPP??
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On 12 Sep 1996, Murrian Family wrote:

> Sounds like the Pointer the FindFirst function returns is 2 bytes off. So
> it is probably a problem with the library. Tell the author about it.
> 
> Peter Palotas <rtoodtoo AT freenet DOT hut DOT fi> wrote in article
> <322FB326 DOT 1D97 AT freenet DOT hut DOT fi>...
> > Peter Palotas wrote:
> >  
> >  Is there a bug in the findfirst() and findnext() functions in DJGPP???
> Or
> >  maybe in the ffblk struct. When I make a program that checks for all the
> >  files using findfirst() and findnext() passing the addres of an ffblk
> object
> >  then printing the filename, the filename is missing the first two
> >  characters. I do like this:
> >  
> >  void main(void)
> >  {
> >          struct ffblk fileinfo;
> >          findfirst("*.*", &fileinfo, FA_ARCH);
> >          cprintf("%s\n\r", fileinfo.ff_name);
> >  }
> >  
> >  if I use this statement to print the filename instead everything seems
> to
> >  work fine, but this isn't how you should have to do;
> >  
> >  cprintf("%s\n\r", fileinfo.ff_name - 2);
> >  
> >  Is this a bug in DJGPP's libraries or am I doing something wrong?
> >  
> >  Please reply via e-mail to: rtoodtoo AT freenet DOT hut DOT fi
> >  
> >  //Blizzar
> > 
> > 
> > Last Second Note: I also discovered that fileinfo.ff_fsize returns a way
> to large
> > 		  number. Although, I copied the example from the help!!!! What
> > 		  is wrong???


One thing I can tell you is this:

when you use:

void main(void)

you stand a chance of letting the compiler produce corrupt code...
This may or may not be your problem..  (Probably not in gcc...
but you never know in other compilers.)

Try:

int main(void)

and a return 0   at the end of your program...
This is where Dos gets its ERRORLEVELs from..  the return value of the
program...

-Sam