# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 850264158 0
# Node ID d3d202f7143005e3f8e2c3d460f5239760102556
# Parent  22c70a622b6709c50778248dac6178508219957e
(Fwrite_region): Be careful not to destroy contents of
existing file when appending.

diff -r 22c70a622b67 -r d3d202f71430 src/fileio.c
--- a/src/fileio.c	Tue Dec 10 23:29:51 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/fileio.c	Wed Dec 11 00:29:18 1996 +0000
@@ -3536,7 +3536,7 @@
     desc = open (fn, O_WRONLY);
 #endif /* not DOS_NT */
 
-  if (desc < 0)
+  if (desc < 0 && (NILP (append) || errno == ENOENT) )
 #ifdef VMS
     if (auto_saving)    /* Overwrite any previous version of autosave file */
       {