Flush

Write file buffers to disk

Declaration

Source position: systemh.inc line 1431

  procedure Flush(var t: Text);

Description

Flush empties the internal buffer of an opened file F and writes the contents to disk. The file is not closed as a result of this call.

Errors

Depending on the state of the {$I} switch, a runtime error can be generated if there is an error. In the {$I-} state, use IOResult to check for errors.

See also

Name Description
Close Close a file

Example

Program Example26;
{ Program to demonstrate the Flush function. }
Var F : Text;
begin
  { Assign F to standard output }
  Assign (F,'');
  Rewrite (F);
  Writeln (F,'This line is written first, but appears later !');
  { At this point the text is in the internal pascal buffer,
    and not yet written to standard output }
  Writeln ('This line appears first, but is written later !');
  { A writeln to 'output' always causes a flush - so this text is
    written to screen }
  Flush (f);
  { At this point, the text written to F is written to screen. }
  Write (F,'Finishing ');
  Close (f);  { Closing a file always causes a flush first }
  Writeln ('off.');
end.