How do I flush a FileStream to disk in Lazarus on Linux

Hi there,

I am processing a lot of data (100GB) and I need to write results into client files.  The resulting program itterates through the source data and for each itteration, opens the correct results file (using TFileStream) and writes the results to the file and then free's the stream.

The program works for a while, but then starts giving errors like:

Loading /old-data/2008-09-26-151035588-AC06CAC4-4C91-4FC6-B11B-B49BDDC04BF6.DAT
Processing /old-data/2008-09-26-151035588-AC06CAC4-4C91-4FC6-B11B-B49BDDC04BF6.DAT
Master: *-
Hash  : *-
Client: *Unable to open file "/new-data/client1.idx"
Unable to open file "/new-data/client1.idx"
Unable to open file "/new-data/client1.idx"
Unable to open file "/new-data/client1.idx"
Unable to open file "/new-data/client1.idx"
Unable to open file "/new-data/client1.idx"
Unable to open file "/new-data/client1.idx"

PLEASE NOTE:
- The output file does exist, and I can open it with other applcations.
- The error only happens after the program has been running for a while
- Disk activity is high during the process, which leads me to beleive that this is a flushing issue.
- If I kill the application and start again, it works for a while.
- I am running the application as root so there shouldn't be a permissions problem

I am running debian lenny.

Any help will be appreciated

Zakiwi

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This is the code that is raising the error:
 
lbIndexOpen := False;
while not lbIndexOpen do
  begin
    try
      if FileExists(FileName) then
        fStream := TFileStream.Create(FileName, fmOpenReadWrite)
      else
        fStream := TFileStream.Create(FileName, fmCreate);
      lbIndexOpen := True;
    except
      on e: Exception do
        begin
          WriteLn(E.Message);
          Sleep(500);
        end;
      end;
  end;