# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 761471213 0
# Node ID 49b0a405c069c1a82644f6514c99546f6004a279
# Parent  58d05e7b5b2d33f77bc6af135711184ef0f2769c
[project @ 1994-02-17 07:46:53 by jwe]

diff -r 58d05e7b5b2d -r 49b0a405c069 src/file-io.cc
--- a/src/file-io.cc	Thu Feb 17 07:37:30 1994 +0000
+++ b/src/file-io.cc	Thu Feb 17 07:46:53 1994 +0000
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
 	  struct stat buffer;
 	  int status = stat (name, &buffer);
 
-	  if (status == 0)
+	  if (status == 0 || (status < 0 && *mode != 'r'))
 	    {
 	      if ((buffer.st_mode & S_IFREG) == S_IFREG)
 		p = fopen_file_for_user (arg, mode, warn_for);