Hello! I'm looking for something similar to $| = 1 to flush out the memory before untie takes place. Please advise. Thanks 
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tieFile();
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LOOP: until($pktype eq 'EOJ') {
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  while($agntsock->recv($pkstr, $MAXLEN)) {
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    my $oldfilehdl = select(%mmResource);
    $| = 1;
    $mmResource{$mmKey} = join('|', ($timeframe, $currentDay, $startTi
+me, $endTime, $mmRec));
    select($oldfilehdl);
    .
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  }
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}

sub tieFile {
  my $sr = 'tieFile';  
  my($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(
+time);
  my $resource = sprintf("ResourceMM_%02d%02d%02d%02d.dbm", $mday, $ho
+ur, $min, $sec);

  tie %mmResource, "DB_File", $resource, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0640, $DB_HAS
+H
             or die "Cannot open file $resource: $!\n";
  $beslog->pnl($sr, 4, "tie file, $resource\n");
}

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Everytime this line is executed, $mmResource{$mmKey} = join('|', ($timeframe, $currentDay, $startTime, $endTime, $mmRec)); the size of my DB_FILE is not increasing unless I do an untie, is there a way to make it write out to the flat file right away without having to untie it?

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