[New-bugs-announce] [issue35650] cygwin treats X and X.exe as the same file

[Anthony Sottile]

New submission from Anthony Sottile <asottile at umich.edu>:

>>> with open('f.exe', 'w') as f:
...     f.write('hi')
...
>>> with open('f') as f:
...     print(f.read())
...
hi


`os.path.exists(...)` and others treat them as the same file as well.  It seems the only reliable way to write both files is:

1. write to f.exe
2. write to f.bak
3. move f.bak to f (`os.rename`)

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components: Windows
messages: 332935
nosy: Anthony Sottile, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: cygwin treats X and X.exe as the same file
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.6

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