NAME

flush - Flush buffered output for a file

SYNOPSIS

flush fileId

DESCRIPTION

Flushes any output that has been buffered for fileId. FileId must have been the return value from a previous call to open, or it may be stdout or stderr to access one of the standard I/O streams; it must refer to a file that was opened for writing. The command returns an empty string.

KEYWORDS

buffer, file, flush, output
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Copyright © 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Copyright © 1995 Roger E. Critchlow Jr.