diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index f581b5bdf..1f8f90a09 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -4938,7 +4938,7 @@ openredirect(union node *redir)
 		break;
 	case NFROMTO:
 		fname = redir->nfile.expfname;
-		f = open(fname, O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666);
+		f = open(fname, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666);
 		if (f < 0)
 			goto ecreate;
 		break;
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir9.right b/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir9.right
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34c2512e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir9.right
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Ok
+Done:0
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir9.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir9.tests
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8befa611c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir9.tests
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+echo Ok >file.tmp
+cat 0<>file.tmp
+echo Done:$?
+rm file.tmp