cp claiming my files are the same when they aren't

[Robert R Schneck]

Steve <beforewisdom@yahoo.com> wrote:
> cp keeps sending me error messages that it can't copy the file ( even 
> with -f ) because the files are the same.

Hmm, I've noticed the following behavior.  If I run the following 
commands in an empty directory:
  mkdir foo
  mkdir bar
  touch foo/toto.exe
  cp foo/toto bar

I'll get
cp: `foo/toto' and `bar/toto' are the same file

So maybe you're experiencing some odd artifact of Cygwin's 
semi-identification of filenames like "toto" and "toto.exe"?

Robert


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