Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 09:04:22 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: interrupting with ctrl-C
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On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Erik Max Francis wrote:

> Or just use fflush.

`fflush' is not enough when redirection is used, or when you invoke a 
child program that reads from a file written by the parent.  You should 
either close the file or call `fsync' to ensure DOS flushes its buffers.  
`fflush' only flushes the DJGPP buffers, but not the DOS ones.