Index: uspace/app/bdsh/cmds/modules/cp/cp.c
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--- uspace/app/bdsh/cmds/modules/cp/cp.c	(revision 8ffedd8013b66e0367a7ea63cfa680b43bf63a40)
+++ uspace/app/bdsh/cmds/modules/cp/cp.c	(revision 38aaf00508acfd26f9d005fe19c221720104ca88)
@@ -386,5 +386,5 @@
 	}
 
-	if (-1 == (fd2 = open(dest, O_CREAT))) {
+	if (-1 == (fd2 = open(dest, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT))) {
 		printf("Unable to open destination file %s\n", dest);
 		close(fd1);