Re: GLUG: OT: C Programming question

[John Carter <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Tom Cooper wrote:

> A quick one,

A quick answer. fflush.

Flush your buffers.

> 
> I wrote the following C snippet :
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> main(){
> 
>   char name[9];
> 
>   printf("Username:");
>   scanf("%s", &name);
>   printf("\nHello, %s\n", &name);
>   return(0);
> }
> 
> My problem is, when I run it from a terminal, all works well,
> however, if I want to run it via inetd, i.e. telnet xxxx 20000 there 
> is no output until I enter something, then everything is output to 
> the terminal and the telnet connection is closed.
> 
> Any C gurus to help me out?
> 

John Carter

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