'cp' utility bug when <dest-name>.exe file exist.

Oleksandr Gavenko gavenko@bifit.com.ua
Tue Jun 8 13:48:00 GMT 2010


   $ touch my.exe
   $ touch some-file
   $ cp some-file my
cp: cannot create regular file `my': File exists
   $ cp -f some-file my
cp: cannot create regular file `my': File exists

Same happen ever in cmd.exe so this is not 'bash' fault.


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