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[Zoltan Szecsei]

Zoltan Szecsei wrote:
>> at first, then something else changes them after two seconds 
>> maybe?
>>   
>>     
> nope - stays like that.
>
> aaaargh!!! - it stays like that when I cp the zzzx file to the "other" 
> directory!!
> I think I should now get back to the software developers to see if 
> they've messed up something (in this current version) in the get/put 
> routine. (it used to work, but I haven't used the facility since 
> installing dapper and the new version of their software !!)
> (this is going to end red-faced :-/ )
>   
sigh - herewith the reply from "product support":

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Hi Zoltan,

Yes I know about this bug. You're right, xxxxxxx is causing the problem.

It's fixed and the patch will be available later this afternoon or 
tomorrow.

Regards,
Support
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Apologies for not thinking this route before I posted my query.

Cheers for now,
Zoltan

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