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Diffstat (limited to 'src/copy.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/copy.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c index 29f37c980..3c32fa311 100644 --- a/src/copy.c +++ b/src/copy.c @@ -798,15 +798,9 @@ copy_reg (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name, if (last_write_made_hole) { - if (HAVE_FTRUNCATE - ? /* ftruncate sets the file size, - so there is no need for a write. */ - ftruncate (dest_desc, n_read_total) < 0 - : /* Seek backwards one character and write a null. */ - (lseek (dest_desc, (off_t) -1, SEEK_CUR) < 0L - || full_write (dest_desc, "", 1) != 1)) + if (ftruncate (dest_desc, n_read_total) < 0) { - error (0, errno, _("writing %s"), quote (dst_name)); + error (0, errno, _("truncating %s"), quote (dst_name)); return_val = false; goto close_src_and_dst_desc; } |