Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:15:57 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Sunil V <sunilv AT accord-soft DOT com>
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Subject: Re: How does fwrite align ?
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On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Sunil V wrote:

> I have observed that when I use something like fwrite(&XXX,
> sizeof(struct X),  1, file_pointer);
> in  a loop, the next record is not written immediately after the first
> record. The next record is aligned to an int boundary ( that is what I
> observed on my m/c, where in the size of int is 4 bytes). Is there a
> hard and fast rule that dictates the way alignment has to be performed
> or is it dependent on the compiler or the architecture of the machine ?

See section 22.10 of the DJGPP FAQ list.