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diff --git a/cloudinit/util.py b/cloudinit/util.py
index ab2df59e..23d24c4c 100644
--- a/cloudinit/util.py
+++ b/cloudinit/util.py
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ def chmod(path, mode):
os.chmod(path, real_mode)
-def write_file(filename, content, mode=0o644, omode="wb", copy_mode=False):
+def write_file(filename, content, mode=0o644, omode="wb", preserve_mode=False):
"""
Writes a file with the given content and sets the file mode as specified.
Restores the SELinux context if possible.
@@ -1809,9 +1809,11 @@ def write_file(filename, content, mode=0o644, omode="wb", copy_mode=False):
@param content: The content to write to the file.
@param mode: The filesystem mode to set on the file.
@param omode: The open mode used when opening the file (w, wb, a, etc.)
+ @param preserve_mode: If True and `filename` exists, preserve `filename`s
+ current mode instead of applying `mode`.
"""
- if copy_mode:
+ if preserve_mode:
try:
file_stat = os.stat(filename)
mode = stat.S_IMODE(file_stat.st_mode)