Problem with cp'ing executables

Mon May 14 10:00:00 GMT 2001

On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 09:51:08AM -0400, Paul Stodghill wrote:
>I see a strange bug when trying to copy an executable from one directory to
>another.
>>If the command "cp /dir/exec-name /dir2/exec-name" is used, the copy fails
>with an error message that the two files "are the same file". But,
>"cp /dir/exec-name.exe /dir2/exec-name.exe" works.
>>I don't believe this was a problem with 1.1.8, but it is a problem with
>1.3.1 and with 5/13 snapshot.

Instead of "not believing" it would be tremendously helpful if you could
verify that fact.
cgf
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