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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject: cp breaking weirdly when trying to copy an executable without specifying the .exe extension
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 22:38:07 +0100
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$ touch foo.exe
$ cp foo bar
cp: `foo' and `bar' are the same file

The above error message is rather confusing.

Is Cygwin's cp supposed to transparently permit the omission of the .exe extension, or am I misremembering?


Max.


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