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-rw-r--r--pw/fileupd.c6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pw/fileupd.c b/pw/fileupd.c
index a846513..b88f4fa 100644
--- a/pw/fileupd.c
+++ b/pw/fileupd.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ fileupdate(char const * filename, mode_t fmode, char const * newline, char const
if (pfxlen <= 1)
rc = EINVAL;
else {
- int infd = open(filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, fmode);
+ int infd = open(filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXLOCK, fmode);
if (infd == -1)
rc = errno;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fileupdate(char const * filename, mode_t fmode, char const * newline, char const
strcpy(file, filename);
strcat(file, ".new");
- outfd = open(file, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_EXLOCK, fmode);
+ outfd = open(file, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, fmode);
if (outfd == -1)
rc = errno;
else {
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ fileupdate(char const * filename, mode_t fmode, char const * newline, char const
* to 'file'.
* This is a gross hack, but we may have
* corrupted the original file
- * Unfortunately, it will lose the inode
- * and hence the lock.
*/
if (fflush(infp) == EOF || ferror(infp))
rename(file, filename);