From:	"Ghalos" <greg AT holdridge7 DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Structure padding
Date:	Wed, 22 Dec 1999 20:32:15 -0000
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I have a problem loading the header for an FLI file.... it should be 128
bytes like this:

struct fli_file_header_s
{
   int  size;
   short magic;
   short frames;
   short width;
   short height;
   short depth;
   int  flags;
   short speed;
   int  next;
   int  frit;
   char  expand[100];
}

Problem is.... DJGPP pads this out to take up 132 bytes! I guess this is to
keep everything nicely aligned but I can't read it in from the file
correctly if this happens... how can I stop it??

Thanks,

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Ghalos - greg AT holdridge7 DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk

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