Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:01:11 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Rafael García <rafael AT geninfor DOT com>
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Subject: Re: struct fields padding
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On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Rafael García wrote:

> I can work with the data files from DJGPP and from BC well, but the format
> of structures seems to be different in both compilers because I cannot
> recognize it from the other.

See section 22.10 of the DJGPP FAQ list (v2/faq211b.zip from the same 
place you get DJGPP).  It discusses this problem and suggests several 
solutions.

> I have tried #pragma pack(1) to make format compatible, but it don't work.

Probably because you forgot that int is 32-bit in DJGPP, whereas it's 
16-bit in BC.  Otherwise, pragma pack works for me.