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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Re: WordPerfect 5.0 => 4.2 conversion (was Re: PK361.EXE
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Date: 12 Aug 88 16:07:01 GMT
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In article <5578@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>, cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles Lord) writes:
}It is buggy in 5.0, but you CAN write a 5.0 text file in 4.2 format.
}It is in the text in/out command tree.  Until they fix it, this results
}in a file of ZERO length in the directory until you leave that file,
}then the program re-writes the FAT to the right file length.

What is happening is that WP isn't closing the file!  DOS doesn't update the
directory entry until the file is closed.