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Subject: Re: Smart to put "Flush(myfile)" before "Close(myfile") ?
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On 1/25/21 6:42 AM, reinert wrote:
> Can an exception (runtime error) in principle, after closing a file, interrupt the process of writing the actual file to disc?
> 
> I.e. is it smart to include a "Flush(myfile)" before "Close(myfile)" like this:

In over 35 years of using Ada, I have never done this, and have never had a 
problem. YMMV

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Jeff Carter
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