Copying a file over itself

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From: James A. Landay
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1988 03:26

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Last night (at 3AM) I accidently copied a file over itself.
This seems to trash the file rather than touching the date
or doing nothing.  Will this be fixed in the new ROM version? (Atari?)


thanks, 
James A. Landay

ARPA:   landay@cory.berkeley.edu
        ucbvax!cory!landay

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