Andre Majorel <aym-...@teaser.fr> writes: > On 2011-07-20 14:34 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > If standard output is a log file, log entries could remain > latent for a very long time. > > The buffering mode we really want is buffered with a forced > flush at reasonable intervals, E.G. one second after the last > write. Unfortunately, there's no such thing in stdio.
That sounds like a bad design for a log file anyhow. Log entries should get flushed quickly, otherwise you lose the last few log entries before a segfault or signal and have fewer clues about the cause. -- Ben Pfaff http://benpfaff.org
