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fflush

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This function was added in omp v1.1.0.2612 and will not work in earlier versions!

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This function starts with a lowercase letter.

Description​

Flush a file to disk (ensure all writes are complete). Actually just calls flength as that has to force a flush to be accurate.

NameDescription
File:handleThe handle of the file. (returned by fopen).

Returns​

true - The function was executed successfully.

false - The function failed to execute. (Invalid file handle)

Examples​

// Open "file.txt" in "append only" mode
new File:handle = fopen("file.txt", io_append);

// Check, if the file is opened
if (handle)
{
    // Success

    // Append "This is a text.\r\n"
    fwrite(handle, "This is a text.\r\n");

    fflush(handle);

    // Close the file
    fclose(handle);
}
else
{
    // Error
    print("The file \"file.txt\" does not exists, or can't be opened.");
}
  • fopen: Open a file.
  • fclose: Close a file.
  • ftemp: Create a temporary file stream.
  • fremove: Remove a file.
  • fwrite: Write to a file.
  • fputchar: Put a character in a file.
  • fgetchar: Get a character from a file.
  • fblockwrite: Write blocks of data into a file.
  • fblockread: Read blocks of data from a file.
  • fseek: Jump to a specific character in a file.
  • flength: Get the file length.
  • fexist: Check, if a file exists.
  • fmatch: Check, if patterns with a file name matches.
  • ftell: Get the current position in the file.
  • fstat: Return the size and the timestamp of a file.
  • frename: Rename a file.
  • fcopy: Copy a file.
  • filecrc: Return the 32-bit CRC value of a file.
  • diskfree: Returns the free disk space.
  • fattrib: Set the file attributes.
  • fcreatedir: Create a directory.