automatic .lst with SPOOL

Ugh!
Did I miss something?

I just tried to run a script (originally created for 8i) on a 9i database and found out that when you say "SPOOL tmp.txt" it actually writes to tmp.txt.lst! Ugh! Is this a NEW feature??? If so, how do I turn it off?

Otherwise, I have to rewrite some of my scripts that are looking for .txt files!

Thanks for any help!
Jodie

Actually... this only happens when it's spooling to a variable.

For example.

Code:

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$> export TMP=jodie.txt   
$> sqlplus "/as sysdba"
SQL> spool $TMP
SQL> select count(*) from dba_tables;

  COUNT(*)
----------
      535

SQL> spool off
SQL> exit
$> ls
jodie.txt.lst

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It did NOT behave this way in 8i. Again.. Ugh!