diff -ur mysql-4.0.18.orig/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh mysql-4.0.18/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh
--- mysql-4.0.18.orig/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh	2004-02-10 19:16:08.000000000 +0100
+++ mysql-4.0.18/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh	2004-09-13 13:11:49.000000000 +0200
@@ -636,7 +636,8 @@
     elsif ($opt{method} eq 'scp')
     {
       my $tmp=$tmpfile;
-      open(OUTPUT,">$tmp") || die "Can\'t create file $tmp: $!\n";
+      use Fcntl;
+      sysopen(OUTPUT,$tmp,O_WRONLY|O_EXCL|O_CREAT) || die "Can\'t create file $tmp: $!\n";
       if (syswrite(OUTPUT,$buff) != length($buff))
       {
 	die "Error when writing data to $tmp: $!\n";