diff -crB cooledit-3.17.17/widget/editcmd.c cooledit-new/widget/editcmd.c
*** cooledit-3.17.17/widget/editcmd.c	2005-04-04 16:47:45.000000000 -0400
--- cooledit-new/widget/editcmd.c	2009-04-25 21:56:14.000000000 -0400
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*** 214,220 ****
      if (file < 0 && (flags & O_CREAT))	/* must it be created ? */
  	return creat ((char *) pathname, mode);
      close (file);
!     return open ((char *) pathname, flags);
  }
  
  /* "Oleg Yu. Repin" <repin@ssd.sscc.ru> added backup filenames
--- 214,220 ----
      if (file < 0 && (flags & O_CREAT))	/* must it be created ? */
  	return creat ((char *) pathname, mode);
      close (file);
!     return open ((char *) pathname, flags, mode);
  }
  
  /* "Oleg Yu. Repin" <repin@ssd.sscc.ru> added backup filenames