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From:	Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenko AT bifit DOT com DOT ua>
Subject:	'cp' utility bug when <dest-name>.exe file exist.
Date:	Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:47:34 +0300
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   $ 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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