Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:00:43 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Probably newbie question (fread)
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On 12 Oct 1999, Viktor Bresan wrote:

> fread (in which I read in complete struct) doesn't act as I expect.

It is usually a good idea to explain what you expect it to do and what
it actually does.  Don't leave this to our guesswork, because more
often than not we will guess wrong.

> What causes two different behaviors in this program?
> Should I avoid filling complete structs with one fread?

See section 22.10 of the DJGPP FAQ, it might give a hint.  If the
struct was written with a program compiled with another compiler, then
you cannot read it in one call to fread due to alignment.  You need to
read each struct member individually.