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Link does not create a .linkconfig file even if it should with -recordflags set to keep stop bits #764

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Describe the bug
Link does not create a .linkconfig file even if it should with -recordflags set to keep stop bits

To Reproduce
If you have an existing directory, erase the .linkconfig file there

]link.create # -recordflags
)ed
set a stop bit
press Escape to quit
)off

Expected behaviour
the .linkconfig file to be created and the stop saved

Session transcript
]link.create # d:\temp\linktest -recordflags
Linked: # ←→ "d:\temp\linktest"
)fns
foo goo hoo joo junk1 junk2 vcsVersDev xWhere
⍝ here, I edit vcsVersDev, add a stop to line 5 and press Escape
)off

Desktop (please complete the following information):
Windows 10
]tools.version
Dyalog 21.0.53930 64-bit Unicode, BuildID 22db4ee6
OS Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 (10.0.19045) 64-bit
Link 4.2.1
SALT 2.915
UCMD 2.8
.NET .NET 10.0.8

Additional context
met with Adám on teams and showed it to him via shared screen

He found that Link does create the .linkconfig file OK if it also creates the directory
]link.break #
]link.create # -recordflags

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