[PATCH v2] lib: libfile: Fix copying files to a non existing destination
Teresa Remmet
t.remmet at phytec.de
Mon Jan 16 01:07:39 PST 2017
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 at phytec.de>
---
lib/libfile.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/libfile.c b/lib/libfile.c
index 049ec32..6b70306 100644
--- a/lib/libfile.c
+++ b/lib/libfile.c
@@ -276,13 +276,14 @@ int copy_file(const char *src, const char *dst, int verbose)
goto out;
}
+ mode = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT;
+
ret = stat(dst, &dststat);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret && ret != -ENOENT)
goto out;
- mode = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT;
-
- if (S_ISREG(dststat.st_mode))
+ /* Set O_TRUNC only if file exist and is a regular file */
+ if (!ret && S_ISREG(dststat.st_mode))
mode |= O_TRUNC;
dstfd = open(dst, mode);
--
1.9.1
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