From 27747a6ee29ce8877f3bc736732379011b0b0fa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:08:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix #4443 - tape track files need to be created when opened,
 not when written to

git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/branches/3.0@11363 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf
---
 libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc b/libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc
index ee4d976f16..3759057dc5 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc
@@ -144,8 +144,14 @@ SndFileSource::SndFileSource (Session& s, const string& path, const string& orig
 	_info.samplerate = rate;
 	_info.format = fmt;
 
-        /* do not open the file here - do that in write_unlocked() as needed
-         */
+	if (_flags & Destructive) {
+		if (open()) {
+			throw failed_constructor();
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* normal mode: do not open the file here - do that in write_unlocked() as needed
+		 */
+	}
 }
 
 void