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Diffstat (limited to 'src/shred.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/shred.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/shred.c b/src/shred.c index 4d3b18d5e..d9da0bb7b 100644 --- a/src/shred.c +++ b/src/shred.c @@ -1434,10 +1434,13 @@ wipename (char *oldname, char const *qoldname, struct Options const *flags) size_t len = base_len (base); char *dir = dir_name (newname); char *qdir = xstrdup (quotearg_colon (dir)); - int dir_fd = open (dir, O_RDONLY | O_NOCTTY); bool first = true; bool ok = true; + int dir_fd = open (dir, O_WRONLY | O_NOCTTY); + if (dir_fd < 0) + dir_fd = open (dir, O_RDONLY | O_NOCTTY); + if (flags->verbose) error (0, 0, _("%s: removing"), qoldname); |