flush(3F)
flush - flush output to a logical unit
As shipped in IRIX 6.5.15. Last changed in IRIX 6.5.5.
NAME flush - flush output to a logical unit SYNOPSIS subroutine flush ( lunit) IMPLEMENTATION IRIX systems DESCRIPTION flush causes the contents of the buffer for logical unit lunit to be flushed to the associated file. There is usually an 8K buffer associated with block device output whereas terminal output is line- buffered. lunit must be a 32-bit integer. SEE ALSO This man page is available only online.