From 1def589bea0974dc92183b99efc18545c8f88c33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 23:34:49 +0000 Subject: (wipename): Work even if the directory is writeable and not readable. Prefer write access, since this should work better with fdatasync. --- src/shred.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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); -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf