From: fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: bash-shell output
4 Feb 1998 21:56:04 -0800
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To: "Howarth, Richard" <rhowarth AT sgb DOT co DOT uk>
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On 04-Feb-1998, Howarth, Richard <rhowarth AT sgb DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> fflush expects a file descriptor, so passing NULL is definately not
> going to work.

No, fflush(NULL) flushes all output streams.  Read the C standard.

> Assuming you want to force the output from the printf statement, use
> fflush(stdout);

I think you missed the original poster's point: he wants the flushing to
happen *without* changing the source code.  As he said:

> > Some other programs are just unusable because of this behavior.

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