From: Roland Exler <R DOT Exler AT jk DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at>
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Subject: Re: <dir.h> problem
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 09:14:31 -0700
Organization: Institute for el. Measurement, University of Linz, Austria
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Stefano Brozzi wrote:
> 
> Ok, copy this program. Call it imOK.c, compile. it works correctly.
> Rename it imKO.cc, compile. Two heading chars are missing in filenames.
> Please explain. It's late in the night, am I missing something ?

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It seems you're using gcc 2.7.2. It had problems with packed structures 
so it changed alignment of some variables with c++ - the dos-structures 
in dir.h for example. 

Download and install gcc 2.7.2.1 and the problem will be solved.

Another possibility is adding lines like the following in dir.h (I don't 
remember the exact syntax):

#ifdef __CPLUSPLUS__
#pragma pack(1)
#endif
  ** definition of structure **
#ifdef __CPLUSPLUS__
#pragma pack()
#endif

Hope this helps,
  Roland

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