diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6fd96057..8f293f70 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# $Id: configure,v 1.11 2009-05-16 22:06:01 nicm Exp $
+# $Id: configure,v 1.12 2009-05-16 22:14:47 nicm Exp $
 
 TMUX_PLATFORM=${TMUX_PLATFORM:-`uname -s`}
 
 CONFIG_H=config.h
-echo "/* $TMUX_PLATFORM */" >$CONFIG_H
+echo "/* $TMUX_PLATFORM */" >|$CONFIG_H
 
 CONFIG_MK=config.mk
-echo "# $TMUX_PLATFORM" >$CONFIG_MK
+echo "# $TMUX_PLATFORM" >|$CONFIG_MK
 
 case $TMUX_PLATFORM in
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------