Fixed bug 223

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/persistence_client_library_backup_filelist.h b/src/persistence_client_library_backup_filelist.h
index 4c105b7..ac668f0 100644
--- a/src/persistence_client_library_backup_filelist.h
+++ b/src/persistence_client_library_backup_filelist.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int pclCalcCrc32Csum(int fd, char crc32sum[]);
  * @param csumPath the path to the checksum file
  * @param openFlag the file open flags
  *
- * @return
+ * @return -1 if the file could not be recovered or a positive value (>=0) on successful recovery
  */
 int pclVerifyConsistency(const char* origPath, const char* backupPath, const char* csumPath, int openFlags);
 
diff --git a/src/persistence_client_library_file.c b/src/persistence_client_library_file.c
index d24257f..82e151c 100644
--- a/src/persistence_client_library_file.c
+++ b/src/persistence_client_library_file.c
@@ -494,7 +494,8 @@ int pclFileCreatePath(unsigned int ldbid, const char* resource_id, unsigned int
                }
                // we don't need the file handle here
                // the application calling this function must use the POSIX open() function to get an file descriptor
-               close(handle);
+               if(handle > 0)
+               	close(handle);
             }
 
             handle = get_persistence_handle_idx();