problem saving files

[DougHowser]

I'm having a very strange problem - when I edit a text file (using Windows) that's located on my Linux box, I can save the file, but if the file is shorter than it was previously, it doesn't get truncated. So, file "foo" has contents "123456789". I replace this content with "abcdef", and the resulting file on the Linux box becomes "abcdef789". Does this ring any bells? It just seemed to spontaneously start happening a couple of days ago, without any obvious action on my part. (no upgrades of software, etc.)

Please help!
Daniel

 

[DougHowser]

Actually, come to think of it, the only thing that's changed is that I downloaded the Microsoft WMF patch... (slaps forehead, groans).