#include<stdio.h>
#include<unistd.h>
#include<fcntl.h>

int main()
{

int nfd;

printf( "Hello world%d\n", getpid() );
// fflush( stdout );

if( fork() == 0 )
{

printf(" I am child \n" );
exit( 0 );

}

else
{

wait( );
printf(" I am parent \n" );

}


}

I f i execute the above code as below

$ ./a.out

hello world 2180
I am child
I am parent.

When i redirect the output to file its output is

$ ./a.out > temp

vi temp
------------------------------------------------
hello world 2180
I am child.
hello world 2180
I am parent
-----------------------------------------------------
If i remove the commants before fflush i am getting proper output


Why its behaving like this?
Please explain me.
Thanks in advance
Bye,
Eshwar.

well,
standard formatted output is normally buffered and given that fork copies (almost) everything from parent to child it's natural to have that output...
..but under normal circumstances, as far as i know, printf is supposed to flush the output buffer with every newline character...and you are indeed using \n which means this is probably a bug in printf... (???)

try writing to stderr with fprintf..stderr is always flushed.

the_dayi...there is no bug in printf...stdout is line buffered..ie, a \n will flush the buffer...

stderr is unbuffered..and files are fully buffered...
rest what you say is fine...
check out the Advanced programming in the Unix Env. by Stevens..

this thing is clearly mentioned in it....