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- From: murphy@npri6.npri.com (David P. Murphy)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: flushing in VAXC and DECC
- Message-ID: <6813@npri6.npri.com>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 04:14:14 GMT
- References: <1992Dec26.211521.4768@spcvxb.spc.edu>
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- Organization: NPRI, Alexandria VA
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- >At the risk of adding some useful information to this discussion 8-), I
- >think they were talking about the VAX C fsync() function. This is a worker
- >function used in the VAXCRTL to flush RMS buffers. It does exactly what you
- >want. Since it is used by the RTL, it is unlikely to change in future re-
- >leases of VAX C. On the other hand, it may not be present in DEC C (the up-
- >coming ANSI-compliant C compiler for VMS from DEC). DEC C may not even need
- >this as fflush() may work as you hope there. Ehud, want to check this on
- >your Alpha?
- >
- >terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
-
- wow, useful information! lemme add some: the fsync() function is indeed
- available under alpha, in the DECC$SHR image, and it even does something.
- unfortunately, i don't have time right now to test if it is still necessary.
-
- ok
- dpm
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