Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 11:24:30 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: fflush question
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On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, DJ Delorie wrote:

> >   fflush(fpw);
> >   /*fsync(fileno(fpw));*/
> 
> I suspect this is a "bug" in dos, but that most unix programs that
> care would expect it to work without fsync.  If calling fsync is what
> we need to do to make fflush work like unix, I have no problem adding
> it.

I agree, provided that many/most Unix systems indeed behave that way.
Could people please test this on the systems they have access to?