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Diffstat (limited to 'bin/cp/utils.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/cp/utils.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/bin/cp/utils.c b/bin/cp/utils.c index c378103..600f999 100644 --- a/bin/cp/utils.c +++ b/bin/cp/utils.c @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * - * $Id: utils.c,v 1.2 1994/09/24 02:53:42 davidg Exp $ + * $Id: utils.c,v 1.3 1995/05/30 00:06:22 rgrimes Exp $ */ #ifndef lint @@ -143,13 +143,12 @@ copy_file(entp, dne) } } - /* If the copy went bad, lose the file. */ - if (rval == 1) { - (void)unlink(to.p_path); - (void)close(from_fd); - (void)close(to_fd); - return (1); - } + /* + * Don't remove the target even after an error. The target might + * not be a regular file, or its attributes might be important, + * or its contents might be irreplacable. It would only be safe + * to remove it if we created it and its length is 0. + */ if (pflag && setfile(fs, to_fd)) rval = 1; |
