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From:	alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Alaric B. Williams)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Problems with findfirst / findnext
Date:	Fri, 12 Jul 1996 12:39:39 GMT
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wgalazka AT zoolook DOT chem DOT uw DOT edu DOT pl (Wojciech Galazka) wrote:


>  Hi,
>  I'm still having problems with finfirst / findnext functions.
>  The file names in ffblk.ff_name are broken. Two first letters
>  are eaten  ( OMMAND.COM instead of COMMAND.COM).
>  
> Has anybody experienced this before ? 

You bet :-)

There's a problem with the current gcc; in c++ mode, it never packs
structs. Find the definition of struct ffblk in dir.d and surround it
with:

#pragma pack(1)

struct ffblk ...

#pragma pack()

That'll force it to pack them properly.

Regards,


ABW

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