Re: [LI] C Programming problem

[Vimal Mathew <vml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
   In Linux (and I guess most Unixen), the I/O devices are
 buffered and strings sent to the screen only when flushed (The
terminal emulation idea may have something to do with it).
 You should end all lines(in  printf)with a newline(\n) for
flushing it. I have had this problem before...
    You could also try fflush() or similar commands also.
    If you dont do flushing, you could get other strange results.
I wrote a program a few years back that would print a message and
fork multiple times. I forgot to put the \n to end the message and
a message which should have been displayed only once appeared a few
hundred times(before the m/c crashed). I you have a 4MB machine
lying around, you could also try the same thing.
-
main()
{
      int i;

      printf("Should appear only once");
      for (i = 0; i<10 ;i++) fork();
}
-
Bye,
--vml
Model Engg. College,
Cochin


_______________________________________________________
Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now!
Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available.  Please search
the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question
to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.