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From: prg@mgweed.UUCP (Gunsul)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: It's unexplainable...
Summary: Buffered output...
Message-ID: <8412@mgweed.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 91 21:51:53 GMT
References: <1991Jan30.203605.14481@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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In article <1991Jan30.203605.14481@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, speelmo@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Lance Speelmon - UCS) writes:
| Would anyone please explain to me why my output is not what I am
| expecting...  Here is a script of my source and the output...
| 
| Thanks,
| Lance
| -----------------------------------------------------
| 
| #include <stdio.h>
| 
| void main(void){
|   printf("The date is: ");
|   system("date");
|   printf("\n");
| }
| ==============================================================================
| | Lance Speelmon                      |  University Computing Services       |
| | speelmo@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu      |  Network Operations Center           |
| ==============================================================================

Lance, just before your printf statement, insert this line:

	setbuf(stdout, 0);

I think you'll be pleased with the results..  You might want to RTFM on
setbuf after you see the results.  Many people have been had by this one!

Phil