1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

M src/user.rs

@@ 90,20 90,16 @@ impl User {
         let open = |file: &str| -> Result<File> {
             let mut path = path.clone();
             path.push(file);
-            let mut file = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
-                .append(true)
+            if path.exists() {
+                let mut old = path.clone();
+                old.set_extension("old");
+                std::fs::rename(&path, old)?;
+            }
+            let file = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+                .write(true)
                 .create(true)
                 .open(&path)
                 .with_context(|| anyhow!("Failed to open {}", &path.to_string_lossy()))?;
-            // I wanted to write a timestamp here but the size:utility ratio of chronos was too
-            // high. If I find more occasions to use timestamps, I'll come back to this.
-            file.write_all(b"rstdm-----rstdm-----rstdm-----rstdm-----rstdm\n")
-                .with_context(|| {
-                    anyhow!(
-                        "Got handle on {} but failed to write to it",
-                        path.to_string_lossy()
-                    )
-                })?;
             Ok(file)
         };