1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 4263d48dd..5bd7db6e5 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -204,14 +204,14 @@ crontab_main(int ac, char **av)
             int n;
 
             snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s.new", pas->pw_name);
-            if ((fd = open(path, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_EXCL|O_APPEND|O_WRONLY, 0600)) >= 0) {
+            if ((fd = open(path, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_APPEND|O_WRONLY, 0600)) >= 0) {
                 while ((n = read(repFd, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
                     write(fd, buf, n);
                 }
                 close(fd);
                 rename(path, pas->pw_name);
             } else {
-                error_msg("unable to create %s/%s", CDir, buf);
+                error_msg("unable to create %s/%s", CDir, path);
             }
             close(repFd);
         }