if (src_fd < 0) return -1;

  // When creating file, use the same permissions as original
  mode_t open_mode = mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);

  // O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC:
  //   Open file for write and if file does not exist, create the file.
  //   If file exists, truncate its size to 0.
  int dst_fd = open(dst, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, open_mode);
  if (dst_fd < 0) {
    close(src_fd);
    return -1;
  }

    rc = read(src_fd, buffer.get(), chunk);
    if (rc < 0) return -1;

    int total_write = 0;
    int total_read = rc;
    while (total_write < total_read && rc > 0) {
      rc = write(dst_fd, buffer.get() + total_write, chunk - total_write);
      if (rc < 0) return -1;

      total_write += rc;
      bytes_transferred += rc;
      offset += rc;
    }
  }

  return bytes_transferred;
}