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+/* Invoke open, but avoid some glitches.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+/* Written by Paul Eggert. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "fcntl-safer.h"
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include "unistd-safer.h"
+
+int
+open_safer (char const *file, int flags, ...)
+{
+ mode_t mode = 0;
+
+ if (flags & O_CREAT)
+ {
+ va_list ap;
+ va_start (ap, flags);
+
+ /* Assume mode_t promotes to int if and only if it is smaller.
+ This assumption isn't guaranteed by the C standard, but we
+ don't know of any real-world counterexamples. */
+ mode = (sizeof (mode_t) < sizeof (int)
+ ? va_arg (ap, int)
+ : va_arg (ap, mode_t));
+
+ va_end (ap);
+ }
+
+ return fd_safer (open (file, flags, mode));
+}