From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: stdout flushing after printf, SIGALRM signal and GNU Make
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 14:15:21 -0800
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Nate Eldredge wrote:

> IMHO, this already exists: it's called `setvbuf'. :) If your program
> depended on line buffering (a bad idea anyway), or if you want full
> buffering for performance, it should be simple to insert the relevant
> `setvbuf' call at the top of `main'; certainly at least as simple as
> setting
> a flag.

Certainly if one's program depends on a certain buffer behavior, a call
to `setvbuf' should be made.

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