Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 23:42:21 +0100 (MET)
From: Gisle Vanem <giva AT bgnett DOT no>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: printf
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Ed Collins wrote:

> Hello, there
> 
> When executing a C program in rhide under Windows98, I cannot get the printf
> function to work.  Nothing is printed to the User Screen.  Am I doing
> something wrong?  Here is a sample of the code.
> 
>     tablestruc[0].symbol = "APPLE";
>     tablestruc[0].symbval = 0X123;
>     tablestruc[0].symbinfo = 17;
> 
>     printf("%s, %x, %d",
> tablestruc[0].symbol,tablestruc[0].symbval,tablestruc[0].symbinfo);
> 
> 
> I would certainly appreciate anyone's comments.

djgpp's printf uses a line-buffered mechanism for better performance.
I.e. nothing is actually printed until a newline ('\n') is encountered
in the output stream. Use "fprintf (stderr,.." or call "fflush(stdout)"
to force a immediate flush of the stream.

Gisle V.