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Re: cp breaking weirdly when trying to copy an executable without specifying the .exe extension
Max Bowsher <maxb@ukf.net> wrote:
>>> $ touch foo.exe
>>> $ cp foo bar
>>> cp: `foo' and `bar' are the same file
>
> I suppose the answer is to simply patch coreutils to give a better
> error message in this case.
I submitted just such a patch in
<E1AubuT-000Msq-81@mk-smarthost-8.mail.uk.tiscali.com>
at
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-02/msg01167.html
Unfortunately, it was right before fileutils became part of coreutils.
Perhaps the new coreutils maintainer might take a look?
Robert
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