Caleb Cittadino writes: > > Well, you didn't mention anything about what platform and object format > > you're using so I don't think you're going to get any definitive > > answers. > > I'm using MacOSX + gcc4. What do you mean by object format? > > Also, I tried discarding the first 16 bytes as you suggested. It > looks like a different set of data is changing each time, but the file > size remains the same. So this method won't work. > > Perhaps it is something in addition to (or instead of) the timestamp > that is changing each time? > > Any help here is greatly appreciated. If I were you I'd be comparing assumbly code. Andrew.