Flushing file data to disk

flush

Flush file data to disk

SYNTAX

flush file_id [,file_id] …

Flushes any outstanding data in the operating system buffers for the file specified, forcing it to be written to disk.

file_id

The identifier of the file to be flushed. Each file_id can be that of a Sculptor keyed file or an SQL file. It must be open.

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NOTES

• The Sculptor system variable sys.AutoFlush controls flushing to the screen. It is not related to this command.

• The flush #command flushes pending output to a specified channel.

• The flushall command flushes all sequential files and all Sculptor keyed files to disk.

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EXAMPLE

flush TempFile