Creating Files During Kickstart in %post Appends "?" to New Files in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Attempting to create files during %post of kickstart using the following method:
%post
touch "/var/log/file"
touch "/var/log/file2"
  • Files are being created with a "?" appended to the end of the name as such:
#  ls /var/log | grep file
file?
file2?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9

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