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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
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> > From: Jason Hood <adoxa AT postmark DOT net>
> 
> I don't understand: what does ``looking at the binary'' mean?  How do
> you look at the binary and see what temporary files will it produce?

I saw "sort%5d%5d" and "s%5d%2d.%3d" and made the logical conclusion.
 
> What is the size and time stamp of sort.exe you are using?  I remember
> some bug around those lines in some uploaded binary distro, but I
> think it was later corrected.

Okay, I just checked Simtel.Net and my txt20b is a month behind. I just
tested it with LFN=n and that worked okay, but DOS will wait. I expect
it will work. Sigh. None out of three. :)

Jason.