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NAME
fflush - flush a stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int fflush(FILE *stream);
DESCRIPTION
For output streams, fflush() forces a write of all user-space buffered data for the given output or update stream via the stream’s underlying write function.
For input streams associated with seekable files (e.g., disk files, but not pipes or terminals), fflush() discards any buffered data that has been fetched from the underlying file, but has not been consumed by the application.
The open status of the stream is unaffected.
If the stream argument is NULL, fflush() flushes all open output streams.
For a nonlocking counterpart, see unlocked_stdio(3).
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion 0 is returned. Otherwise, EOF is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
| EBADF | stream is not an open stream, or is not open for writing. |
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| Thread safety | MT-Safe |
CONFORMING TO
C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
POSIX.1-2001 did not specify the behavior for flushing of input streams, but the behavior is specified in POSIX.1-2008.
