Inconsistence on file operation when the name already exists with exe extension

Aaron Schneider notstop@users.sourceforge.net
Sun Jul 8 20:19:00 GMT 2012


--On an empty dir--:

touch file.exe

touch file.img

touch file doesn't create the corresponding file.

--Then--

touch helpp

cp helpp file

cp: can't create regular file «file»: File exists

On rm file it removes the file.exe instead of saying file not found.

Is this behavior intended? This is not unix like, the filename should be preserved as is
 		 	   		  

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