1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/truncate.c b/coreutils/truncate.c
index 4c997bf7a..8d845f218 100644
--- a/coreutils/truncate.c
+++ b/coreutils/truncate.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int truncate_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int truncate_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
         unsigned opts;
-        int flags = O_RDWR;
+        int flags = O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK;
         int ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
         char *size_str;
         off_t size;