perf record: Rename perf.data to perf.data.old if --force/-f is used

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <[email protected]> Cc: Mike Galbraith <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]> LKML-Reference: <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
mrcsosa · Dec 15, 2009 · b38d346 · b38d346
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Showing 1 changed file with 13 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -421,10 +421,19 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 	signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
 
 	if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) {
-		if (!force && !append_file) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Error, output file %s exists, use -A to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
-					output_name);
-			exit(-1);
+		if (!force) {
+			if (!append_file) {
+				pr_err("Error, output file %s exists, use -A "
+				       "to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
+				       output_name);
+				exit(-1);
+			}
+		} else {
+			char oldname[PATH_MAX];
+			snprintf(oldname, sizeof(oldname), "%s.old",
+				 output_name);
+			unlink(oldname);
+			rename(output_name, oldname);
 		}
 	} else {
 		append_file = 0;