From 6ec4cdec5379a1d27b59ccd0fddcce2e315a9d30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Steemann <jan@arangodb.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 14:32:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] issue #919: remove potentially existing temporary file

---
 lib/BasicsC/json.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/BasicsC/json.c b/lib/BasicsC/json.c
index bb98ec0a1d..faeced6213 100644
--- a/lib/BasicsC/json.c
+++ b/lib/BasicsC/json.c
@@ -1053,6 +1053,9 @@ bool TRI_SaveJson (char const* filename,
     return false;
   }
 
+  // remove a potentially existing temporary file
+  TRI_UnlinkFile(tmp);
+
   fd = TRI_CREATE(tmp, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_EXCL | O_RDWR, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
 
   if (fd < 0) {