From: "Matthew Conte" <spam AT somebody DOT else>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Sizeof messed up
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:47:28 -0400
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Vimal N. Lad / Gautam N. Lad wrote in message <357c0fc1 DOT 0 AT news DOT myna DOT com>...

>For some odd reason, the sizeof function returns the wrong size.
>I have a structure, which is exactly 18 bytes long.  When I call
>sizeof(TGAHEAD); (I am trying to read the header of a .TGA file),
>it says the header is 20 bytes long.  I have the correct structure

Sounds like djgpp is padding your structure to a 4-byte boundary.  IIRC,
there's a section in the FAQ that addresses this.

Later,
Matt.