Fseek and binary files

Here is what my program needs to do. I am trying to open a binary file and read 16 bits into a structure which I am able to do. I then look at the first 8 bits and depending on what number it is, I need to skip that number of bits and then read another 16 bits.

I am fairly new to C and extremely new to file I/O, especially with .bin files. How exactly do I move a certain number of bits rather than bytes?

Thanks in advance.

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How exactly do I move a certain number of bits rather than bytes?

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you can't, you have to make do with bytes.

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Originally Posted by bithub

you can't, you have to make do with bytes.

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Nevermind. I read the assignment wrong and thus, made my life a living hell for the past 4 hours or so.

Thanks for the quick reply.