John,
  Might see if this is related:

Through this at google:

        printf output in batch group:comp.sys.hp.mpe 

The 2nd entry from 1999 from Kevin Miller contains the following:
(chopped/snipped wildly)



        In session mode, C opens
                stdin   as line buffered
                stdout  as line buffered
                stderr  as unbuffered
        In job mode
                stdin   as full buffered
                stdout  as full buffered
                stderr  as unbuffered

        To correct this ( assuming you think this is a problem as I do
), you  need
        to add
                setvbuf ( stdout, NULL, _IOLBF, 0 );
	
        Please lookup the call in your HP C/iX Library reference manual
!


Not sure if this is the answer, but buffering has bitten me a few times
too.

RAT

Rich Trapp
Consultant
Managed Business Solutions 
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Penney [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 9:10 AM
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Subject: PRINTF statements in "C"

Fellow Listers:

The PRINTF command compiled using the HP/iX "C" compiler outputs only
spaces when run in Batch. Can anyone cast some light on this phenomenon
as I have page upon page of blank lines in my MBFoster ODBC Job logs-
quite useless when trying to debug or determine what's happening.

TIA



John M Penney
Systems Programmer
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Pierce County
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