diff --git a/STYLEGUIDE.md b/STYLEGUIDE.md
index df16f2c6..3d012d6e 100644
--- a/STYLEGUIDE.md
+++ b/STYLEGUIDE.md
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ spot such a pattern, feel free to send a PR to update the guide.
 
 Line length is 100 characters. In rare situations, like the collision table at
 the top of
-[engine_collision_driver.c](https://github.com/deepmind/mujoco/search?q=repo%3Ad
-eepmind%2Fmujoco+filename%3Aengine_collision_driver.c), longer lines are alowed
-for readability.
+[engine_collision_driver.c](https://github.com/deepmind/mujoco/blob/c8ff7b3d341560e8cc33fbdcaffbcdbc4c32327c/src/engine/engine_collision_driver.c#L36),
+longer lines are alowed for readability.
 
 #### Comments
 
diff --git a/sample/compile.cc b/sample/compile.cc
index 61dc1495..b7fb7c12 100644
--- a/sample/compile.cc
+++ b/sample/compile.cc
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@
 
 #include <cctype>
 #include <cstddef>
-#include <cstdio>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
 
 #include <mujoco/mujoco.h>
 
 // help
-const char helpstring[] =
+static constexpr char helpstring[] =
   "\n Usage:  compile infile outfile\n"
   "   infile can be in mjcf, urdf, mjb format\n"
   "   outfile can be in mjcf, mjb, txt format\n\n"
-  " Example:  compile model.xml model.mjb\n";
+  " Example: compile model.xml model.mjb\n";
 
 
 // deallocate and print message
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ int finish(const char* msg = 0, mjModel* m = 0) {
 
   // print message
   if (msg) {
-    std::printf("%s\n", msg);
+    std::cout << msg << std::endl;
   }
 
   return 0;
@@ -109,11 +109,16 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
     return finish("Illegal combination of file formats");
   }
 
-  // make sure output file does not exist
+  // check if output file exists
   std::FILE* fp = std::fopen(argv[2], "r");
   if (fp) {
-    std::fclose(fp);
-    return finish("Output file already exists");
+    std::cout << "Output file already exists, overwrite? (Y/n) ";
+    char c;
+    std::cin >> c;
+    if (c!='y' && c!='Y') {
+      std::fclose(fp);
+      return finish();
+    }
   }
 
   // load model
@@ -134,7 +139,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
 
   // save model
   if (type2==typeXML) {
-    if (mj_saveLastXML(argv[2], m, error, 1000)) {
+    if (!mj_saveLastXML(argv[2], m, error, 1000)) {
       return finish(error, m);
     }
   } else if (type2==typeMJB) {
diff --git a/src/xml/xml_api.cc b/src/xml/xml_api.cc
index ae9abe53..48497508 100644
--- a/src/xml/xml_api.cc
+++ b/src/xml/xml_api.cc
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ mjModel* mj_loadXML(const char* filename, const mjVFS* vfs,
 
 
 // update XML data structures with info from low-level model, save as MJCF
+//  returns 1 if successful, 0 otherwise
+//  error can be NULL; otherwise assumed to have size error_sz
 int mj_saveLastXML(const char* filename, const mjModel* m, char* error, int error_sz) {
   // serialize access to themodel
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(themutex);