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**FLUSH(**//file//**)**

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| **FLUSH** | Terminates a STREAM operation, flushing the operating system buffers to disk, or flushes the BUFFER statement's buffers. |
| //file// | The label of a FILE or VIEW. |

The **FLUSH** statement terminates a STREAM operation. It flushes the operating system buffers, which updates the directory entry for that //file//. FLUSH will also flush the file driver's buffers allocated by the BUFFER statement. If both STREAM and BUFFER are active, all buffers are flushed.

Support for this statement is dependent upon the file system and its specific action is described in the file driver documentation (if different from that described here).

**Example:**

**STREAM(History)            !Use DOS buffering**

**SET(Current)               !Set to top of current file**

**LOOP **

** NEXT(Current)**

** IF ERRORCODE() THEN BREAK END**

** His:Record = Cur:Record**

** ADD(History)**

**END     **

**FLUSH(History)             !End streaming, flush buffers**

**OPEN(MyView)**

**BUFFER(MyView,10,5,2,300)  !10 records per page, 5 pages behind and 2 read-ahead,**

**                           !with a 5 minute timeout**

**                           !Process records**

**FLUSH****(MyView)              !Flush buffers**

**See Also:**

[[stream  enable operating system buffering .htm|STREAM]]

[[buffer  set record paging .htm|BUFFER]]