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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index a66a58d52818..66979a5553b8 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -421,10 +421,19 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv) signal(SIGINT, sig_handler); if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) { - if (!force && !append_file) { - fprintf(stderr, "Error, output file %s exists, use -A to append or -f to overwrite.\n", - output_name); - exit(-1); + if (!force) { + if (!append_file) { + pr_err("Error, output file %s exists, use -A " + "to append or -f to overwrite.\n", + output_name); + exit(-1); + } + } else { + char oldname[PATH_MAX]; + snprintf(oldname, sizeof(oldname), "%s.old", + output_name); + unlink(oldname); + rename(output_name, oldname); } } else { append_file = 0; |