Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 10:05:30 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Michael Lundh <mlundh AT sw DOT seisy DOT abb DOT se>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Ispell leaves empty file
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On 30 Jan 1997, Michael Lundh wrote:

> I have installed ispell (isp3120b.zip 18-Jan-97 ) on a Compac 486/66
> running dos 6.2 and Windows 3.1. Ispell does not work as expected,
> nether when started from the dos-prompt or when it is started from
> bash (bsh1147b.zip 30-Dec-96).  The spell-checking is done as expected
> but ispell outputs an empty file. (Fortunately it creates the bak-file
> .xx~)

This never happened to me.  Please try to understand why does this happen 
for you on Windows 3.1 but not on Windows/NT.  Ispell should work in both 
environments.  Presumably, there's some difference in the directories' 
structure or environment variables in both cases that explains the problem.