Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!agate!eos!aio.jsc.nasa.gov!magic!yow From: yow@magic.Berkeley.EDU (Billy Yow 283-4009) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Need help with unbuffered writes Message-ID: <1991Jan7.131802@magic.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 7 Jan 91 19:18:02 GMT References: <2498@sparko.gwu.edu> Sender: usenet@aio.jsc.nasa.gov Reply-To: yow@magic.Berkeley.EDU (Billy Yow 713-283-4051) Lines: 9 If you copy the opened file handle and then close the copied handle the file will be flushed. And you still have an open file via the orginal handle. This works on all versions of DOS after 2.0 (I think). I read this is a mag. several months ago but have never tested it. Bill Yow The yow@magic.Berkeley.EDU is not a true mail address.