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Re: How do I force standard output? [message #42306 is a reply to message #42305]

Thu, 03 February 2005 06:56

Matt Feinstein
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On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:39:57 -0500, Benjamin Hornberger
<benjamin.hornberger@stonybrook.edu> wrote:

>> Normally, IDL (on Win32) will print to standard output while a
>> computation is in progress, but I've found that if I'm doing a large
>> enough computation, it appears to cache output data and only send to
>> standard output when the computation is over. This isn't necessarily a
>> bad thing-- my problem is that I can't overcome this behavior when I
>> really -do- want output during the computation, i.e., the command
>> 'flush, -1' doesn't do anything. The UNIX guy in the next office
>> suggested a 'non-blocking interrupt for keyboard input' but I'd rather
>> not delve into the Win32 API if I don't have to. Any suggestions?
>> Matt Feinstein
>>
>> --
>> There is no virtue in believing something that can be proved to be true.
>
> I asked the same question a few days ago (see my posting "flushing
> stdout"). I got two replies by email (not on the newsgroup) which told
> me to put a tiny WAIT before or after the print statement (wait, .01) as
> a workaround.
>
> Benjamin

Thanks.

Matt Feinstein

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		Re: How do I force standard output? By: David Fanning on Thu, 03 February 2005 07:07
		Re: How do I force standard output? By: Matt Feinstein on Thu, 03 February 2005 06:56
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