writeFile and buffering

Hi, Is there any way to use writeFile with no buffering? I know that with handles I can do,

hSetBuffering hdl NoBuffering Since all I do is write a string to a file, I don't see much need for handles here though. I wanted no buffer to be able to check the status of the program by accessing the file - I calculate thousands of values, but just write few hundred so it usually ends up just writing the string in the very end.

Thanks in advance J.A.