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FFLUSH(3C)							    FFLUSH(3C)

NAME
       fflush - flush a stream

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdio.h>

       int fflush(FILE *stream);

DESCRIPTION
       If  stream  points to an output stream or an update stream in which the
       most recent operation was not input, fflush() causes any unwritten data
       for  that  stream  to  be  written  to  the  file, and the st_ctime and
       st_mtime fields of the underlying file are marked for update.

       If stream points to an input stream or an update stream into which  the
       most  recent operation was input, that stream is flushed if it is seek‐
       able and is not already at end-of-file.	Flushing an input stream  dis‐
       cards  any  buffered  input  and adjusts the file pointer such that the
       next input operation accesses the byte after  the  last	one  read.   A
       stream  is seekable if the underlying file is not a pipe, FIFO, socket,
       or TTY device.

       If stream is a null pointer, fflush() performs this flushing action  on
       all streams for which the behavior is defined above.

       An input stream, seekable or non-seekable, can be flushed by explicitly
       calling fflush() with a non-null argument specifying that stream.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon successful completion, fflush() returns 0. Otherwise,  it  returns
       EOF and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       The fflush() function will fail if:

       EAGAIN
		 The O_NONBLOCK flag is set for the file descriptor underlying
		 stream and the process would be delayed in the	 write	opera‐
		 tion.

       EBADF
		 The file descriptor underlying stream is not valid.

       EFBIG
		 An  attempt was made to write a file that exceeds the maximum
		 file size or the process's file size limit; or the file is  a
		 regular  file	and  an attempt was made to write at or beyond
		 the offset maximum associated with the corresponding stream.

       EINTR
		 The fflush() function was interrupted by a signal.

       EIO
		 The process  is  a  member  of	 a  background	process	 group
		 attempting  to	 write	to its controlling terminal, TOSTOP is
		 set, the process is neither ignoring  nor  blocking  SIGTTOU,
		 and the process group of the process is orphaned.

       ENOSPC
		 There	was  no	 free space remaining on the device containing
		 the file.

       EPIPE
		 An attempt is made to write to a pipe or  FIFO	 that  is  not
		 open  for  reading by any process. A SIGPIPE signal will also
		 be sent to the calling process.

       The fflush() function may fail if:

       ENXIO
		A request was made of a non-existent device,  or  the  request
		was beyond the limits of the device.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
       │  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
       ├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability │ Standard	      │
       ├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
       │MT-Level	    │ MT-Safe	      │
       └────────────────────┴─────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       getrlimit(2), ulimit(2), attributes(5), standards(5)

				  Nov 1, 2003			    FFLUSH(3C)
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