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From: "Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel" <kalum AT newmail DOT net>
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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 06:51:41 +0600
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On 22 Dec 99, at 20:32, Ghalos wrote:

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


Greetings Ghalos,
Please have a look at sections 22.10 and 22.11 of the DJGPP FAQ 
 <http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/> . In there you will find ways 
and means of dealing with your problem like using the 
__attribute__((packed)) extensions etc.

Hope This Helped,
Kalum.