Problem while copying .EXE files

["Mike Lerwill" <mlist at ml-solutions dot co dot uk>]

When copying an EXE file there is no problem when the target does not exist
but it fails for me when the target is present leaving a directory in place
of the desired file.

Below is the sequence of commands to reproduce this.

Administrator@home-iii ~
$ mkdir exetest

Administrator@home-iii ~
$ cd exetest

Administrator@home-iii ~/exetest
$ cp /bin/ls.exe fred.exe

Administrator@home-iii ~/exetest
$ ls -l
total 48
-rwxrwxrwx    1 Administ None        71680 Jul 10 19:31 fred.exe

Administrator@home-iii ~/exetest
$ cp /bin/ls.exe fred.exe
cp: writing `fred.exe': Invalid request code

Administrator@home-iii ~/exetest
$ ls -l
total 0
drwxrwxrwx+   2 Administ None            0 Jul 10 19:31 fred.exe

This is on a fully up to date cygwin installation.

cygcheck.out attached.

Attachment: cygcheck.out
Description: Binary data

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