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-rw-r--r--qemu-char.c16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index a50b8fb3a3..27f2dbbbb5 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -4234,14 +4234,26 @@ static CharDriverState *qmp_chardev_open_file(const char *id,
ChardevFile *file = backend->u.file.data;
ChardevCommon *common = qapi_ChardevFile_base(file);
HANDLE out;
+ DWORD accessmode;
+ DWORD flags;
if (file->has_in) {
error_setg(errp, "input file not supported");
return NULL;
}
- out = CreateFile(file->out, GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL,
- OPEN_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
+ if (file->has_append && file->append) {
+ /* Append to file if it already exists. */
+ accessmode = FILE_GENERIC_WRITE & ~FILE_WRITE_DATA;
+ flags = OPEN_ALWAYS;
+ } else {
+ /* Truncate file if it already exists. */
+ accessmode = GENERIC_WRITE;
+ flags = CREATE_ALWAYS;
+ }
+
+ out = CreateFile(file->out, accessmode, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, flags,
+ FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
if (out == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
error_setg(errp, "open %s failed", file->out);
return NULL;