Index: nano/src/files.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/nano/nano/src/files.c,v
retrieving revision 1.84
diff -u -r1.84 files.c
--- nano/src/files.c	15 Oct 2004 16:25:56 -0000	1.84
+++ nano/src/files.c	22 Oct 2004 00:59:00 -0000
@@ -1602,7 +1602,9 @@
     /* First, just give up if we couldn't even open the file. */
     if (fd == -1) {
 	statusbar(_("Error writing %s: %s"), realname, strerror(errno));
-	unlink(tempname);
+	/* tempname has been set only if we're prepending. */
+	if (tempname != NULL)
+	    unlink(tempname);
 	goto cleanup_and_exit;
     }