Date:	Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:39:01 +0200 (WET)
From:	Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
To:	Ghalos <greg AT holdridge7 DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Structure padding
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On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Ghalos wrote:

> I have a problem loading the header for an FLI file.... it should be 128
> bytes like this:
> 

#pragma pack(1)

> 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];
> }

#pragma pack()

> 
> 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??
> 

Using #pragma pack(1) and #pragma pack() is one (but not only) of the 
ways how to do that

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