James wrote:

> why when i run the following does it wait 5 seconds then display
> .\.\.\.\.\ instead of displaying . [wait 1 second] \ . [wait 1 second]...
>
> /* start */
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
>
> int main()
> {
>         int c;
>
>         for (c = 0; c < 5; c++) {
>                 printf (".");
>                 sleep (1);
>                 printf ("\\");
>         }
>
>         return 0;
> }
> /* end */
>
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More like the latter, each time through the loop it will print "." then a 1 second 
pause, then print

"\\"...

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