1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/gz_open.c b/libbb/gz_open.c
index 19ec0a066..b23920b16 100644
--- a/libbb/gz_open.c
+++ b/libbb/gz_open.c
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-extern int gz_open(FILE *compressed_file, int *pid)
+extern FILE *gz_open(FILE *compressed_file, int *pid)
 {
         int unzip_pipe[2];
 
         if (pipe(unzip_pipe)!=0) {
                 error_msg("pipe error");
-                return(EXIT_FAILURE);
+                return(NULL);
         }
         if ((*pid = fork()) == -1) {
                 error_msg("fork failured");
-                return(EXIT_FAILURE);
+                return(NULL);
         }
         if (*pid==0) {
                 /* child process */
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ extern int gz_open(FILE *compressed_file, int *pid)
                 close(unzip_pipe[1]);
                 exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
         }
-        
         close(unzip_pipe[1]);
-        return(unzip_pipe[0]);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+        if (unzip_pipe[0] == -1) {
+                error_msg("Couldnt initialise gzip stream");
+        }
+        return(fdopen(unzip_pipe[0], "r"));
+}