Index: lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/Directory.java
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--- lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/Directory.java	(revision 1140463)
+++ lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/Directory.java	(working copy)
@@ -224,10 +224,12 @@
    * overwrite it if it does.
    */
   public void copy(Directory to, String src, String dest) throws IOException {
-    IndexOutput os = to.createOutput(dest);
-    IndexInput is = openInput(src);
+    IndexOutput os = null;
+    IndexInput is = null;
     IOException priorException = null;
     try {
+      os = to.createOutput(dest);
+      is = openInput(src);
       is.copyBytes(os, is.length());
     } catch (IOException ioe) {
       priorException = ioe;