fileflush

Function: fileflush
Section: programming/specific
C-Name: gp_fileflush0
Prototype: vDG
Help: fileflush({n}): flush the file descriptor n (all descriptors to output
 streams if n is omitted).
Doc: flushes the file descriptor $n$, created via \kbd{fileopen} or
 \kbd{fileextern}. On files opened for writing, this function forces a write
 of all buffered data to the file system and completes all pending write
 operations. This function is implicitly called by \kbd{fileclose} but you may
 want to call it explicitly at synchronization points, for instance after
 writing a large result to file and before printing diagnostics on screen.
 (In order to be sure that the file contains the expected content on
 inspection.)

 If $n$ is omitted, flush all descriptors to output streams.

 \bprog
 ? n = fileopen("./here", "w");
 ? for (i = 1, 10^5,      \
     filewrite(n, i^2+1); \
     if (i % 10000 == 0, fileflush(n)))
 @eprog Until a \kbd{fileflush} or \kbd{fileclose}, there is no guarantee
 that the file contains all the expected data from previous \kbd{filewrite}s.
Variant: But the direct and more specific variant
 \fun{void}{gp_fileflush}{long n} is also available.