Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 11:41:42 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Tim <tanyongj AT iscs DOT nus DOT edu DOT sg>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: fflush
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On 5 Sep 1997, Tim wrote:

> ch = getchar();
> fflush(stdin);
> 
> however, in djgpp, fflush doesn't work, so the next line reads in the
> carriage return and utterly ruins my work. 
> 
> Why doesn't fflush work here?

fflush is only defined for output streams.  You should not rely on it 
doing anything for input streams.