scp: Problem when source and destination are identical

[Wayne Davison]

On Fri, 18 May 2001, Markus Friedl wrote:
> -		if ((ofd = open(np, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, mode)) < 0) {
> +		if ((ofd = open(np, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT , mode)) < 0) {

If you do that, you need to uncomment the ftrunctate() call lower down
(or overwriting a larger file with a shorter one will leave spurious
data at the end).

..wayne..