If the destination file does not exist the stat call to check the file type fails. Extend the check of the stat return value. To allow to copy files to a new destination. Fixes commit 0ec6bd3e1be8 ("libfile: copy_file: Only open regular files with O_TRUNC") Signed-off-by: Teresa Remmet <t.remmet@xxxxxxxxx> --- lib/libfile.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libfile.c b/lib/libfile.c index 049ec32..3742314 100644 --- a/lib/libfile.c +++ b/lib/libfile.c @@ -276,14 +276,14 @@ int copy_file(const char *src, const char *dst, int verbose) goto out; } - ret = stat(dst, &dststat); - if (ret) - goto out; - mode = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT; - if (S_ISREG(dststat.st_mode)) + ret = stat(dst, &dststat); + /* Set O_TRUNC only if file does not exist or is a regular file */ + if (ret == -ENOENT || (!ret && S_ISREG(dststat.st_mode))) mode |= O_TRUNC; + else if (ret) + goto out; dstfd = open(dst, mode); if (dstfd < 0) { -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox