--- /dev/null
+diff -up net-tools-1.60/netstat.c.continous-flush-stdout net-tools-1.60/netstat.c
+--- net-tools-1.60/netstat.c.continous-flush-stdout 2009-08-28 10:57:12.000000000 +0200
++++ net-tools-1.60/netstat.c 2009-08-28 10:58:48.000000000 +0200
+@@ -357,6 +357,12 @@ static void prg_cache_clear(void)
+ prg_cache_loaded=0;
+ }
+
++static void wait_continous(const int reptimer)
++{
++ fflush(stdout);
++ sleep(reptimer);
++}
++
+ static void extract_type_1_socket_inode(const char lname[], unsigned long * inode_p, int * status) {
+
+ /* If lname is of the form "socket:[12345]", extract the "12345"
+@@ -2289,7 +2295,7 @@ int main
+ flag_not & FLAG_NUM_PORT, flag_exp);
+ if (i || !flag_cnt)
+ break;
+- sleep(reptimer);
++ wait_continous(reptimer);
+ }
+ #else
+ ENOSUPP("netstat.c", "FW_MASQUERADE");
+@@ -2305,7 +2311,7 @@ int main
+
+ if(i || !flag_cnt)
+ break;
+- sleep(reptimer);
++ wait_continous(reptimer);
+ }
+ return(i);
+ }
+@@ -2329,7 +2335,7 @@ int main
+ i = route_info(afname, options);
+ if (i || !flag_cnt)
+ break;
+- sleep(reptimer);
++ wait_continous(reptimer);
+ }
+ return (i);
+ }
+@@ -2338,7 +2344,7 @@ int main
+ i = iface_info();
+ if (!flag_cnt || i)
+ break;
+- sleep(reptimer);
++ wait_continous(reptimer);
+ }
+ return (i);
+ }
+@@ -2470,7 +2476,7 @@ int main
+ }
+ if (!flag_cnt || i)
+ break;
+- sleep(reptimer);
++ wait_continous(reptimer);
+ prg_cache_clear();
+ tcp_node_hash_clear();
+ }