OpenEuphoria

Re: flush() bug?

• Posted by ChrisBurch2 <crylex at freeuk.co.uk> Sep 22, 2005
• 455 views

Andy Serpa wrote:
> 
> Using the following program with exw.exe:
> 
> 
> -----------------------------
> include file.e
> include get.e
> 
> integer fn
> 
> fn = open("test.txt","w")
> puts(fn,"Hello")
> close(fn)
> 
> ? gets(0)
> 
> 
> -------------
> fn = open("test.txt","w")
> puts(fn,"Hello")
> flush(fn)
> close(fn)
> 
> -------------

Carraige return after close(fn)?

> 
> It also works the same way, as expected.
> 
> However, if we do this:
> 
> --------------
> fn = open("test.txt","w")
> puts(fn,"Hello")
> flush(fn)
> puts(fn,"Hello")
> close(fn)
> --------------

No carraige return ater close(fn)

> 
> The file test.txt now stays locked even though it has been closed -- it won't
> release
> until we terminate the program.  In other words, if we use flush() at any
> point, and
> then write data to the file after the flush() and then close(), the file stays
> locked.
> 
> The fix:
> 
> --------------
> 
> fn = open("test.txt","w")
> puts(fn,"Hello")
> flush(fn)
> puts(fn,"Hello")
> flush(fn)
> close(fn)
> 
> --------------

Carraige return after close(fn)?

> 
> We have to add an extra flush() before the close() to get it to release.  An
> easy fix,
> but still the behavior is not correct unless I'm missing something...
> 

Just a thought. Last line in a file (script / interpreted) often needs a
carraige return
to be read correctly. I often had this problem when compiling C programs.

Chris