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> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 11:43:36 +0200
> From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
>
> 'ls | less' produces a left-over temp file (BTW, echo `gdate` doesn't)

Mark, does the fact that `gdate` behaves differently say something
important?

> >   - Can the problem be reproduced on plain DOS?
> 
> Cool, it can't be, although I don't understand why. 

Is your DOS setup different from the Windows setup (as far as
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT are concerned)?  In particular, do you
have a disk cache installed in the DOS configuration, and is TMPDIR
pointing to a real disk or a RAM disk?  Also, try running CHKDSK or
similar utility after you try to reproduce the problem on plain DOS,
and see if it reports any lost clusters.