Hi, I can't recall any particular reason for that. It could be that noone (including me) has ever tried to overwrite a file so far. Brian, since you already have the tiny fix would you mind to do a pull request with it? f -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/620#issuecomment-343868052 ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1