I/O slow (buffered?) ; can I change this?

[Jerry DeLisle]

Rob wrote:
> Brooks wrote:
> 
>> Try setting the GFORTRAN_UNBUFFERED_ALL environment
>> variable to "Y"
> 
> BINGO! That's it.
> So it was not the tail command, as I verified that
> the file was just empty for long time. Hence, it's
> the (too long) buffering by Gfortran that causes
> this behaviour.
> 
Well OK, I am corrected, :)

Thanks Brooks

Jerry