<quote who="John Clarke">
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 05:08:08PM +1100, James Gregory wrote:
> > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 17:08, Amanda Wynne wrote:
> > > I mean I only get output to the screen about every 20th call to printf.
> >
> > stdout is line buffered by default IIRC. You probably want to switch
> > your pty to "hot" mode or something - I don't recall the details, but
> > search for "stdout buffer mode" - you should find something useful.
>
> See setbuf(3):
<SNIP>
> To make stdout unbuffered, call setbuf(stdout, _IONBF);
Or, alternatively, call fflush to flush the buffers after you've printed
something useful.
printf("\r10% Complete");
fflush(stdout);
printf("\r20% Complete");
fflush(stdout);
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<stibbons> Yeah. The whole climax thing would make much more sense
if I'd paid attention.
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