--- a/bin/plinks.py	Tue Feb 25 14:56:36 2020 +0000
+++ b/bin/plinks.py	Tue Feb 25 18:33:22 2020 +0000
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
       if limited:
         print("%s\t%s\tProcessing limited after timeout"%(
           datetime.now().isoformat(),fno),file=bf)
+        bf.flush()
       if bool(links) and (links.get('scrape',False) or
                           links.get('annot',False)):
         gf+=1
@@ -30,13 +31,15 @@
       if str(e)=='Unexpected EOF':
         print("%s:\t%s\t%s\t%s"%(datetime.now().isoformat(),
                                  tarnum,fno,e),file=bf)
+        bf.flush()
       else:
         print("%s: "%(datetime.now().isoformat()),end='',file=bf)
         traceback.print_exc(file=bf)
-
-    if (path.exists('/dev/shm/stopJob')):
+        bf.flush()
+    if path.exists('stopJob'):
       print("%s: Quiting early: %s %s"%(datetime.now().isoformat(),tarnum,fno),
             file=sys.stderr)
+      sys.stderr.flush()
       exit(1)          
 now=datetime.now().isoformat()
 print('%s: exiting from %s having found %s files with links out of %s'%(now,