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From: devine@vianet.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Stdio flaws?
Message-ID: <195@vianet.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Jun-87 15:20:16 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 16 15:20:16 1987
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Organization: Western Digital, Boulder Tech Ctr
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Summary: Microsoft C library allows flushing input

In article <798@mcgill-vision.UUCP>, mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes:
> >> For some unknown reason, fflush(3) only flushes output buffers, not
> >> input buffers.
> The reason is "that's how it's written." :-)

  Actually, that's how it is written for UNIX.  The Microsoft DOS C library
has a fflush() that operates on files opened for input or output.  It clears
the stdio buffer associated with that file by either writing the contents
(if open for write) or clears the buffer (read file).

Bob Devine