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Subject: Re: DJGPP v2.04 Bugs - suggested patch
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> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 11:30:46 -0600
> From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca>
> 
> Last buffer isn't written at all: you might want to try adding
> fflush() every 1000 bytes from 4 294 950 000, every 100 bytes from 
> 4 294 960 000, and maybe every 10 bytes from 4 294 963 200, as you may
> only get up to 4GB-4KB == 4 294 963 200 written, but may get to 4GB-6
> == 4 294 967 290 (limit due to writing 10 bytes a time), and might
> have to write and fflush a byte at a time to get further than that. 

Isn't it easier to install a SIGINT signal handler, which will fflush
the stream and exit?