[mythtv-users] mysqlcheck buffers output?

[Simon Hobson]

Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

>> I've noticed for years now that the mysqlcheck program inexplicably
>> buffers it's output ...
> 
> This is standard Linux behavior. In order to save on writes the
> diskdriver by default only actually writes to disk if the file is
> closed or if the size of a disk unit is reached.

Is this about disk output ? I thought it was about terminal and/or logging output - where it's normal to just spit text out "as it's available".