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-rw-r--r--sys/src/cmd/awk/run.c14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/awk/run.c b/sys/src/cmd/awk/run.c
index c23efb36b..9af1b4b01 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/awk/run.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/awk/run.c
@@ -1710,7 +1710,7 @@ void stdinit(void) /* in case stdin, etc., are not constants */
Biobuf *openfile(int a, char *us)
{
char *s = us;
- int i, m;
+ int i, m, fd;
Biobuf *fp = nil;
if (*s == '\0')
@@ -1735,9 +1735,15 @@ Biobuf *openfile(int a, char *us)
if (a == GT) {
fp = Bopen(s, OWRITE);
} else if (a == APPEND) {
- fp = Bopen(s, OWRITE);
- Bseek(fp, 0LL, 2);
- m = GT; /* so can mix > and >> */
+ fd = open(s, OWRITE);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ fd = create(s, OWRITE, 0666);
+ if (fd >= 0) {
+ fp = Bfdopen(fd, OWRITE);
+ if (fp != nil)
+ Bseek(fp, 0LL, 2);
+ m = GT; /* so can mix > and >> */
+ }
} else if (a == '|') { /* output pipe */
fp = popen(s, OWRITE);
} else if (a == LE) { /* input pipe */