Re: [gtk-list] Problem: Truncated output files after crash

[Havoc Pennington <rhp zirx pair com>]

On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 Robert_Gasch/PeopleSoft@peoplesoft.com wrote:
> 
> In my code I write the data and then do a
>      fflush (file_ptr);
>      fclose (file_ptr);
> 
> however adding the fflush() call doesn't change a thing; files are
> still truncated after a crash. If the program exits properly (ie: without
> a core dump), the files are written to disk as they should; otherwise
> they are truncated.
>

Do you check the return value from fflush() and fclose()? Just a
wild guess though.
:-)
 
> Does anybody have a suggestion as to what I'm doing wrong (other
> than the obvious one that I should fix my core dumps).
> 

You should really ask on comp.unix.programming or the like, it's not a Gtk
question.

Havoc