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From: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao)
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Subject: Re: bug in script
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Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 01:11:31 EST
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> 	script "buffers" lines from application programs and does
> 	not print them at the proper time. Sometimes input must be
> 	accepted before output is printed.

Actually, this is a general problem, not limited to 2bsd.  Solve by
flushing output after print/printf, or by declaring output unbuffered
to begin with.  In C, the latter is:
	setbuf(stdout, (FILE *)NULL);
I don't know what the Furtrann for that would be.

Joe Yao		hadron!jsdy@seismo.{ARPA,UUCP}