. \" Manual Seite fuer flush . \" @(#)flush.3 1.1 . \" .if t .ds a \v'-0.55m'\h'0.00n'\z.\h'0.40n'\z.\v'0.55m'\h'-0.40n'a .if t .ds o \v'-0.55m'\h'0.00n'\z.\h'0.45n'\z.\v'0.55m'\h'-0.45n'o .if t .ds u \v'-0.55m'\h'0.00n'\z.\h'0.40n'\z.\v'0.55m'\h'-0.40n'u .if t .ds A \v'-0.77m'\h'0.25n'\z.\h'0.45n'\z.\v'0.77m'\h'-0.70n'A .if t .ds O \v'-0.77m'\h'0.25n'\z.\h'0.45n'\z.\v'0.77m'\h'-0.70n'O .if t .ds U \v'-0.77m'\h'0.30n'\z.\h'0.45n'\z.\v'0.77m'\h'-.75n'U .if t .ds s \(*b .if t .ds S SS .if n .ds a ae .if n .ds o oe .if n .ds u ue .if n .ds s sz .TH FLUSH 3 "15. Juli 1988" "J\*org Schilling" "Schily\'s LIBRARY FUNCTIONS" .SH NAME flush() \- flushes the buffer for standard output .SH SYNOPSIS .B flush() .SH DESCRIPTION flush() prompts to standard output. It is used because the output is not visible to the user until a flush(), close() or exit() is done. .SH RETURNS none .SH NOTES flush() is defined in the standard header file, stdio.h, as fflush(stdout).