diff -Nurd -Xfreeciv/diff_ignore freeciv-may23/common/ioz.c freeciv-may23+save2new/common/ioz.c
--- freeciv-may23/common/ioz.c	Fri May 24 08:26:49 2002
+++ freeciv-may23+save2new/common/ioz.c	Sat May 25 02:00:40 2002
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
   fz_FILE *fp;
   char mode[64];
 
-  if (!is_reg_file(filename)) {
+  if (!isnt_irreg_file(filename)) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
diff -Nurd -Xfreeciv/diff_ignore freeciv-may23/common/support.c freeciv-may23+save2new/common/support.c
--- freeciv-may23/common/support.c	Fri May 24 08:26:50 2002
+++ freeciv-may23+save2new/common/support.c	Sat May 25 02:43:25 2002
@@ -486,3 +486,14 @@
 
   return stat(name, &tmp) == 0 && S_ISREG(tmp.st_mode);
 }
+
+/**********************************************************************
+  Returns TRUE iff the file is a regular file or a link to a regular
+  dile, or doesn't exist.
+***********************************************************************/
+bool isnt_irreg_file(const char *name)
+{
+  struct stat tmp;
+
+  return stat(name, &tmp) == 0 ? S_ISREG(tmp.st_mode) : errno == ENOENT;
+}
diff -Nurd -Xfreeciv/diff_ignore freeciv-may23/common/support.h freeciv-may23+save2new/common/support.h
--- freeciv-may23/common/support.h	Fri May 24 08:26:50 2002
+++ freeciv-may23+save2new/common/support.h	Sat May 25 02:00:09 2002
@@ -57,5 +57,6 @@
 #endif
 
 bool is_reg_file(const char *name);
+bool isnt_irreg_file(const char *name);
 
 #endif  /* FC__SUPPORT_H */
diff -Nurd -Xfreeciv/diff_ignore freeciv-may23/server/stdinhand.c freeciv-may23+save2new/server/stdinhand.c
--- freeciv-may23/server/stdinhand.c	Fri May 24 08:27:11 2002
+++ freeciv-may23+save2new/server/stdinhand.c	Sat May 25 02:02:15 2002
@@ -1817,9 +1817,8 @@
 {
   FILE *script_file;
 
-  script_file = fopen(script_filename,"w");
-
-  if (script_file) {
+  if (isnt_irreg_file(script_filename)
+      && (script_file = fopen(script_filename, "w"))) {
 
     int i;