Problem with cp'ing executables

[Christopher Faylor]

On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 01:24:51PM -0400, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> 
>> On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 09:51:08AM -0400, Paul Stodghill wrote:
>> >I see a strange bug when trying to copy an executable from one directory to
>> >another.
>> >
>> >If the command "cp /dir/exec-name /dir2/exec-name" is used, the copy fails
>> >with an error message that the two files "are the same file". But,
>> >"cp /dir/exec-name.exe /dir2/exec-name.exe" works.
>> >
>> >I don't believe this was a problem with 1.1.8, but it is a problem with
>> >1.3.1 and with 5/13 snapshot.
>> 
>> Instead of "not believing" it would be tremendously helpful if you could
>> verify that fact.
>> 
>
>FWIIW, this issue has always been an issue.  It has to do with stat
>returning for /foo/bar when the file is actually /foo/bar.exe.

But the "same file" distinction should be based on inodes, I believe and
the inodes should be different in this case.

I would just expect a different error message than "are the same file".

cgf

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