can't reliably use `access' and W_OK

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/quotes.cc b/quotes.cc
index 60e09117..4b1596ea 100644
--- a/quotes.cc
+++ b/quotes.cc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void quotes_by_script::operator()(commodity_t&      commodity,
     price.parse(buf);
     commodity.add_price(now, price);
 
-    if (price && ! price_db.empty() && access(price_db.c_str(), W_OK) != -1) {
+    if (price && ! price_db.empty()) {
       char buf[128];
       strftime(buf, 127, "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S", localtime(&now));
       ofstream database(price_db.c_str(), ios_base::out | ios_base::app);