> The C programme looks like this (very simple)
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main()
> {
>        int i;
>        char s[20] = "hello from c";
>        for (i = 0; i < 15; i++) {
>                sleep(1);
>                printf("%s %d\n", s, i);
>        }
>        return 0;
> }
> and yet I only get the output to perl when it is finished and died.
> Thanks,

You get multiple levels of output buffering:
1) C does its own output buffering. Take a look at man setvbuf(1)
2) The operating system buffer which is entirely different than the C buffer
You need to disable both of them to get fully unbuffered output

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