1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index adae6c94c..21ef24dcb 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -542,8 +542,10 @@ readHeader (const TarHeader * hp, int fileCount, char **fileTable)
         printf ("x %s\n", outName);
 
     if (hardLink) {
-        if (link (hp->linkName, outName) < 0)
+        if (link (hp->linkName, outName) < 0) {
             perror (outName);
+            return;
+        }
         /* Set the file time */
         utb.actime = mtime;
         utb.modtime = mtime;
@@ -556,8 +558,10 @@ readHeader (const TarHeader * hp, int fileCount, char **fileTable)
 
     if (softLink) {
 #ifdef  S_ISLNK
-        if (symlink (hp->linkName, outName) < 0)
+        if (symlink (hp->linkName, outName) < 0) {
             perror (outName);
+            return;
+        }
         /* Try to change ownership of the symlink.
          * If libs doesn't support that, don't bother.
          * Changing the pointed-to file is the Wrong Thing(tm).
@@ -582,15 +586,16 @@ readHeader (const TarHeader * hp, int fileCount, char **fileTable)
      * If the file is a directory, then just create the path.
      */
     if (S_ISDIR (mode)) {
-        createPath (outName, mode);
-        /* Set the file time */
-        utb.actime = mtime;
-        utb.modtime = mtime;
-        utime (outName, &utb);
-        /* Set the file permissions */
-        chown(outName, uid, gid);
-        chmod(outName, mode);
-        return;
+        if (createPath (outName, mode)==TRUE) { 
+            /* Set the file time */
+            utb.actime = mtime;
+            utb.modtime = mtime;
+            utime (outName, &utb);
+            /* Set the file permissions */
+            chown(outName, uid, gid);
+            chmod(outName, mode);
+            return;
+        }
     }
 
     /*