> When executing fflush(..) and setbuf(.., NULL) to obtain
> unbuffered I/O, does the system really avoid buffering? For example,
> let us consider the two code fragments:
No. setvbuf() forces C library not to buffer. Currenlty, there's no
way to force kernel not to buffer.
Pavel
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