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- From: beers@acsu.buffalo.edu (Andrew Beers)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: stderr buffering
- Message-ID: <Bu2sr4.Brv@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 22:49:51 GMT
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- Organization: UB
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- I just got the sc package from tsx-11. I press '?' for help, and the help
- screen does not appear. After a few more keypresses, the help screen appears
- and then quickly disappears.
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- I have also noticed that when I press <ESC> to exit edit mode in vi, it can
- take several seconds before the cursor will move back one space.
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- I compiled the unit conversion program units, and noted that fprintf's not
- ending with a carriage return were not immediately sent to the screen. All of
- the fprintf's printed to stderr.
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- It is my understanding that stderr should not be buffered at all. These three
- cases lead me to believe that it is being buffered under Linux.
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- System: 386sx/25, 4Meg, 0.96pl2 (have noticed it with earlier kernels, also).
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- Any ideas on this problem?
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- Andrew C. Beers, N2LUH beers@cs.buffalo.edu
- SUNY Buffalo, Computer Science {rutgers,uunet}!cs.buffalo.edu!beers
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