>>Yes. It does also say (those OSes) "...continue to issue FLUSH commands in the background.".
>>Nevertheless, I would like to see two additional things for VFP, and I will be writing a Wish List entry for them:
>>1) An option on the FLUSH command to stipulate that the OS is to CONFIRM FLUSH SUCCESS before returning control to VFP;
>>2) Improved discussion of the FLUSH command in the VFP Command Reference section of the documentation. It has has only a word or two changed since VFP 2.5 (at least) and the advent of buffering, datasessions, differing handling by different OSes, etc. needs to be described in detail.
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>Is there a way of disabling this "write-delay"?

Tricky words there < s >... I'll assume that you mean to 'enable write immediate' or alternatively to wait for the write delay to complete.

Well that's what I'm asking for (effectively) in the Wish List item I just submitted.
There's got to be a way OS-wise (else how could SQL Server, etc. be reliable????).