diff --git a/histrap.c b/histrap.c
index 940c879..6e08c84 100644
--- a/histrap.c
+++ b/histrap.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/**	$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/histrap.c,v 1.10 2005/07/07 23:27:52 tg Exp $ */
-/*	$OpenBSD: history.c,v 1.30 2005/03/30 17:16:37 deraadt Exp $	*/
+/**	$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/histrap.c,v 1.11 2005/08/02 12:26:17 tg Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: history.c,v 1.31 2005/07/31 16:12:52 espie Exp $	*/
 /*	$OpenBSD: trap.c,v 1.22 2005/03/30 17:16:37 deraadt Exp $	*/
 
 #include "sh.h"
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/histrap.c,v 1.10 2005/07/07 23:27:52 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/histrap.c,v 1.11 2005/08/02 12:26:17 tg Exp $");
 
 static int	histfd;
 static int	hsize;
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ hist_shrink(unsigned char *oldbase, int oldbytes)
 	 *	create temp file
 	 */
 	(void) shf_snprintf(nfile, sizeof(nfile), "%s.%d", hname, procpid);
-	if ((fd = creat(nfile, 0600)) < 0)
+	if ((fd = open(nfile, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0600)) < 0)
 		return 1;
 
 	if (sprinkle(fd)) {