1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/subplotlib/src/steplibrary/files.rs b/subplotlib/src/steplibrary/files.rs
index 9b00e17..b1596ae 100644
--- a/subplotlib/src/steplibrary/files.rs
+++ b/subplotlib/src/steplibrary/files.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ pub fn touch_with_timestamp(context: &Datadir, filename: &Path, mtime: &str) {
     drop(
         OpenOptions::new()
             .create(true)
+            .truncate(false)
             .write(true)
             .open(&full_path)?,
     );
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ pub fn touch(context: &Datadir, filename: &Path) {
     drop(
         OpenOptions::new()
             .create(true)
+            .truncate(false)
             .write(true)
             .open(&full_path)?,
     );