Re: stdio buffering mode

[Paul Jarc]

thomas@koeller.dyndns.org wrote:
>       I'd like to know whether there is a way to control the buffering
>       mode when redirecting input or output of a command.

When the redirection is done for an external command, this is outside
of bash's control.

>       It seems that stdio streams are always line buffered by
>       default;

It depends on your libc, but I think it typically defaults to line
buffering for terminals and block buffering for regular files.


paul