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'cp' utility bug when <dest-name>.exe file exist.


  $ 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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