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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index b383a40829..09ba2538fa 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -2110,6 +2110,11 @@ Files have the following methods: Flush the internal buffer, like ``stdio``'s :cfunc:`fflush`. This may be a no-op on some file-like objects. + .. note:: + + :meth:`flush` does not necessarily write the file's data to disk. Use + :meth:`flush` followed by :func:`os.fsync` to ensure this behavior. + .. method:: file.fileno() |