1 files changed, 11 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index e1beee117..c6a2a6627 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 else
                         tarFd = open(tarName, O_RDONLY);
                 if (tarFd < 0)
-                        error_msg_and_die( "Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
+                        perror_msg_and_die("Error opening '%s'", tarName);
 
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP      
                 /* unzip tarFd in a seperate process */
@@ -425,8 +425,7 @@ tarExtractDirectory(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
                 return( TRUE);
 
         if (create_path(header->name, header->mode) != TRUE) {
-                error_msg("%s: Cannot mkdir: %s\n", 
-                                header->name, strerror(errno)); 
+                perror_msg("%s: Cannot mkdir", header->name); 
                 return( FALSE);
         }
         /* make the final component, just in case it was
@@ -445,8 +444,8 @@ tarExtractHardLink(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
                 return( TRUE);
 
         if (link(header->linkname, header->name) < 0) {
-                error_msg("%s: Cannot create hard link to '%s': %s\n", 
-                                header->name, header->linkname, strerror(errno)); 
+                perror_msg("%s: Cannot create hard link to '%s'", header->name,
+                                header->linkname); 
                 return( FALSE);
         }
 
@@ -463,8 +462,8 @@ tarExtractSymLink(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 
 #ifdef  S_ISLNK
         if (symlink(header->linkname, header->name) < 0) {
-                error_msg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
-                                header->name, header->linkname, strerror(errno)); 
+                perror_msg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s'", header->name,
+                                header->linkname); 
                 return( FALSE);
         }
         /* Try to change ownership of the symlink.
@@ -493,14 +492,12 @@ tarExtractSpecial(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 
         if (S_ISCHR(header->mode) || S_ISBLK(header->mode) || S_ISSOCK(header->mode)) {
                 if (mknod(header->name, header->mode, makedev(header->devmajor, header->devminor)) < 0) {
-                        error_msg("%s: Cannot mknod: %s\n",
-                                header->name, strerror(errno)); 
+                        perror_msg("%s: Cannot mknod", header->name); 
                         return( FALSE);
                 }
         } else if (S_ISFIFO(header->mode)) {
                 if (mkfifo(header->name, header->mode) < 0) {
-                        error_msg("%s: Cannot mkfifo: %s\n",
-                                header->name, strerror(errno)); 
+                        perror_msg("%s: Cannot mkfifo", header->name); 
                         return( FALSE);
                 }
         }
@@ -790,7 +787,7 @@ extern int readTarFile(int tarFd, int extractFlag, int listFlag,
         close(tarFd);
         if (status > 0) {
                 /* Bummer - we read a partial header */
-                error_msg( "Error reading tar file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+                perror_msg("Error reading tar file");
                 return ( FALSE);
         }
         else if (errorFlag==TRUE) {
@@ -1007,7 +1004,7 @@ writeTarHeader(struct TarBallInfo *tbInfo, const char *fileName, struct stat *st
                 header.typeflag  = SYMTYPE;
                 link_size = readlink(fileName, buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1);
                 if ( link_size < 0) {
-                        error_msg("Error reading symlink '%s': %s\n", header.name, strerror(errno));
+                        perror_msg("Error reading symlink '%s'", header.name);
                         return ( FALSE);
                 }
                 buffer[link_size] = '\0';
@@ -1165,7 +1162,7 @@ static int writeTarFile(const char* tarName, int verboseFlag, char **argv,
         else
                 tbInfo.tarFd = open (tarName, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
         if (tbInfo.tarFd < 0) {
-                error_msg( "Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
+                perror_msg( "Error opening '%s'", tarName);
                 freeHardLinkInfo(&tbInfo.hlInfoHead);
                 return ( FALSE);
         }