Close a filestream without Flush()

Question

Can I close a file stream without calling Flush (in C#)? I understood that Close and Dispose calls the Flush method first.

Answer 1

Wrap the FileStream in a BufferedStream and close the filestream before the buffered stream.

var fs = new FileStream(...);
var bs = new BufferedStream(fs, buffersize);

bs.Write(datatosend, 0, length);

fs.Close();
try {
    bs.Close();
}
catch (IOException) {
}