error using "struct"

["Fernanda Capella" <fcapella@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

I'm facing problems compilig a C program that uses struct. I made a very
simple code to show the error: "parse error before '.' token".

Any help would be very appreciated.

Thanks, Fernanda.


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//struct_test.c

typedef struct struct_test{
    unsigned char byte1;
    unsigned char byte2;
    unsigned char byte3;
}first, second;

first.byte1=0x01;
second.byte2=0x02;

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//The error message:

[root@ root]# gcc -c struct_test.c
struct_test.c:7: parse error before '.' token

//my GCC and Red Hat versions:

[root@ root]# gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/specs
Configured with:
../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
 --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --host=i386-redha
t-linux --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)
[root@ root]#