1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 826ab9665..01997e464 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
         int tostdoutFlag = FALSE;
         int firstOpt = TRUE;
         int stopIt;
+        int status;
                                                                                                                                                    
 
         if (argc <= 1)
@@ -227,16 +228,21 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 #ifndef BB_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
                 fatalError( "This version of tar was not compiled with tar creation support.\n");
 #else
-                exit(writeTarFile(tarName, verboseFlag, argv, excludeList));
+                status = writeTarFile(tarName, verboseFlag, argv, excludeList);
 #endif
         }
         if (listFlag == TRUE || extractFlag == TRUE) {
                 if (*argv)
                         extractList = argv;
-                exit(readTarFile(tarName, extractFlag, listFlag, tostdoutFlag,
-                                        verboseFlag, extractList, excludeList));
+                status = readTarFile(tarName, extractFlag, listFlag, tostdoutFlag,
+                                        verboseFlag, extractList, excludeList);
         }
 
+        if (status == TRUE)
+                return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+        else
+                return EXIT_FAILURE;
+
   flagError:
         fatalError( "Exactly one of 'c', 'x' or 't' must be specified\n");
 }