use write to be able to create the file when non-existant

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/clip b/clip
index 6e480b4..29e73e3 100755
--- a/clip
+++ b/clip
@@ -37,18 +37,12 @@ def fileno(filelike):
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
-def secure_open(path, mode='r', *l, **kw):
+def secure_open(path, *l, **kw):
     if os.path.islink(path):
         raise SecurityError("The clipboard file can not be a symlink")
-    real_mode = mode
-    if 'w' in real_mode:
-        real_mode = real_mode.replace('w', 'a')
-    with open(path, real_mode, *l, **kw) as fo:
+    with open(path, *l, **kw) as fo:
         if os.fstat(fileno(fo)) != os.stat(path):
             raise SecurityError("Intrusion might have been done on %s" % path)
-        if 'w' in mode:
-            os.lseek(fileno(fo), 0, os.SEEK_SET)
-            os.ftruncate(fileno(fo), 0)
         os.fchmod(fileno(fo), 0o600)
         yield fo