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> flush flushes the output stream from the library buffer to the OS
> buffer - this is generally done automatically every time you output a
> newline.

Note that DJGPP flushes at a few other nonstandard times as well, in
response to the many FAQs we get about it.  For example, we flush at
the end of printf() (but not fprintf, sprintf, vprintf, etc) because
that's commonly used for user prompts which won't have newlines.