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> The two resulting files were different (difference in length of 3
> bytes; find-file-literally and manual inspection showed that the
> beginnings were identical, but the endings were not).

What did you inspect manually?  The encrypted files?  Or the contents
(after decryption) of those files?
The more interesting comparison is of the contents (after decryption).
Assuming that's what you did, to what do "beginnings" and "endings" refer?


        Stefan