NAME
fflush - flush a stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int fflush(FILE *stream));
DESCRIPTION
The function fflush forces a write of all buffered data for
the given output or update stream via the stream's underly-
ing write function. The open status of the stream is unaf-
fected.
If the stream argument is NULL, fflush flushes all open out-
put streams.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion 0 is returned. Otherwise, EOF is
returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate
the error.
ERRORS
EBADF
Stream is not an open stream, or is not open for writ-
ing.
The function fflush may also fail and set errno for any of
the errors specified for the routine write(2).
SEE ALSO
write(2), fopen(3), fclose(3),
CONFORMING TO
The fflush function conforms to ANSI C3.159-1989 (``ANSI
C'').