Open the source before creating the destination.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index a80e30b50..29778f2a4 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -132,21 +132,30 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
         } else if (S_ISREG(source_stat.st_mode)) {
                 FILE *sfp, *dfp=NULL;
 
+                if ((sfp = fopen(source, "r")) == NULL) {
+                        perror_msg("unable to open `%s'", source);
+                        return -1;
+                }
+
                 if (dest_exists) {
                         if (flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE) {
                                 fprintf(stderr, "%s: overwrite `%s'? ", applet_name, dest);
-                                if (!ask_confirmation())
+                                if (!ask_confirmation()) {
+                                        fclose (sfp);
                                         return 0;
+                                }
                         }
 
                         if ((dfp = fopen(dest, "w")) == NULL) {
                                 if (!(flags & FILEUTILS_FORCE)) {
                                         perror_msg("unable to open `%s'", dest);
+                                        fclose (sfp);
                                         return -1;
                                 }
 
                                 if (unlink(dest) < 0) {
                                         perror_msg("unable to remove `%s'", dest);
+                                        fclose (sfp);
                                         return -1;
                                 }
 
@@ -162,17 +171,11 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
                                 if (fd >= 0)
                                         close(fd);
                                 perror_msg("unable to open `%s'", dest);
+                                fclose (sfp);
                                 return -1;
                         }
                 }
 
-                if ((sfp = fopen(source, "r")) == NULL) {
-                        fclose(dfp);
-                        perror_msg("unable to open `%s'", source);
-                        status = -1;
-                        goto end;
-                }
-
                 if (copy_file_chunk(sfp, dfp, -1) < 0)
                         status = -1;