X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/c6940f12e2ad6ba778324f50b9a779db36238518..b078de41dfbae96dfb831e6e06df047b669adc4c:/unix/uxmisc.c

diff --git a/unix/uxmisc.c b/unix/uxmisc.c
index dc208637..dd04e6f5 100644
--- a/unix/uxmisc.c
+++ b/unix/uxmisc.c
@@ -140,8 +140,10 @@ FILE *f_open(struct Filename filename, char const *mode, int is_private)
     if (!is_private) {
 	return fopen(filename.path, mode);
     } else {
-	assert(mode[0] == 'w');	       /* is_private is meaningless for read */
-	int fd = open(filename.path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC,
+	int fd;
+	assert(mode[0] == 'w');	       /* is_private is meaningless for read,
+					  and tricky for append */
+	fd = open(filename.path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC,
 		      0700);
 	if (fd < 0)
 	    return NULL;