what does FLUSH do?

Pedro · Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:32 pm Post subject: what does FLUSH do?

From the manual: "The FLUSH statement flushes the buffers associated with an open output file... [blah blah]"

It is not clear what 'flushes' means. It seems destructive.

Or does it mean that the buffers actually make it to the print file?

steve-myers · Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 9:26 pm Post subject: Re: what does FLUSH do?

Pedro · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 2:47 am Post subject: Reply to: what does FLUSH do?

Sorry for not being clear.

I posted this question in the PLI & Assembler forum... it is a PLI question. I was referring to the Language Reference, SC14-7285.

prino · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 4:00 am Post subject:

FLUSH statement
The FLUSH statement can be used to flush one or all files.

Willy Jensen · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:35 pm Post subject:

FLUSH normally means writing the buffers to ther destination. This is not just a PL/I thing.