Duplication error dup2 printf?

My code is as follows:

#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv)
{
    int fd;
    int copy_stdout;
    char *msg = "a test message for redirect stdout";

    //open a test file to write message
    fd = open("test", O_CREAT | O_RDWR, S_IREAD | S_IWRITE);

    //copy the original file descriptor 
    copy_stdout = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);

    //redirect the stdout to fd
    dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);

    //must close the fd to complete redirect
    close(fd);

    //write the message
    write(STDOUT_FILENO, msg, strlen(msg));

    //redirect back
    dup2(copy_stdout, STDOUT_FILENO);

    //print the message to stdout
    printf("%s\n", msg);
    return 0;    
}

If I replace the string write(STDOUT_FILENO, msg, strlen(msg))with printf("%s\n", msg), the program cannot redirect stdoutto the file test, what is the reason for this?

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Since stdio buffers the output, i.e. printf("%s\n", msg)do not write immediately to STDOUT_FILENO.

Add fflush(stdout);stdout back before redirecting.

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