Weird output problem

[bitwise]

In a loop I'm trying to output a character each time through the loop after a recv() on a socket. The loop looks something like this:

for(; {

numbytes = recv(...);
if(numbytes <= 0) break;
printf(&quot;*&quot;
}

printf(&quot;complete&quot;

Granted, that is very minimal and trival. Anyway, the printf(&quot;*&quot; statement never prints out a * until the printf(&quot;complete&quot; statement gets executed. However, if I replace printf(&quot;*&quot; with printf(&quot;*\n&quot; it will print out each time through the loop. Why do I need the newline character to get this to work? I don't want a newline! Any thoughts?

Thanks so much,
-bitwise

 

[Guest_imported]

hey! then just flush the stdin file u'll get the result u want...

 

[Guest_imported]

hey! then just flush the stdout file u'll get the result u want...

 

[bitwise]

Oh yeah, thanks! Stupid me.

-bitwise