FLUSH Procedure

Causes all buffered output on the specified file units to be written.

FLUSH, unit₁, ..., unit_n

unit_i The file units (logical unit numbers) to flush.

None.

PV-WAVE uses buffered output for reasons of efficiency. This leads to rare occasions where a program needs to be certain that output data are not waiting in a buffer, but have actually been output. This procedure is handy for such occasions.

CLOSE, EMPTY

For background information, see Chapter 8, Working with Data Files, in the PV-WAVE Programmer's Guide.