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Re: Any legitimate reason for 'UF A E' file defn when output only?

On 6/6/17, 8:49 AM, Dan wrote:
So, my question here: Is there any legitimate reason that I'm missing why
you would want to force a write to storage for every single output
operation?

Synchronization with something else running concurrently in a different job?

At least, that's the only thing that occurs to me.

Of course, there's always the possibility that the program evolved from (or the line was simply cut and pasted from) something that DID need to read and/or update the file, and nobody gave any thought to optimization.

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