_tmp_create(): Truncate file if it exists

FossilOrigin-Name: b6658318625d91b21a8ddb20ec0300dce260374b4ac6d86e7c6f4cec113412f5

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/cpt-lib.in b/src/cpt-lib.in
index 8b6cd13..9166374 100644
--- a/src/cpt-lib.in
+++ b/src/cpt-lib.in
@@ -2323,9 +2323,8 @@ _tmp_create() {
     # Create given file to the temporary directory and return its name
     create_tmp
     _ret=$(_tmp_name "$1")
-    # False positive, we are not reading from the file.
-    # shellcheck disable=2094
-    out "$_ret" 3>> "$_ret"
+    :> "$_ret" || return 1
+    out "$_ret"
 }
 
 create_tmp() {