Assuming you're using file streams to write to the pipe, fflush() will do the trick.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:20 PM > To: pgsql hackers list > Subject: [HACKERS] A portable code question > > > In the little fix I came up with for psql last night, I need to be able > to ensure that something sent to a pipe (and then to stdout) completes > before issuing the prompt directly to stdout. > > I did this with: "system ('sleep 1');", but I'm fairly sure that is > not portable nor does it ENSURE completion. > > What's the proper way to do this? And what's a good book on writing > portable code? > -- > Mike Nolan > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
