1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 55fb12c2c..e68194ff7 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -338,7 +338,9 @@ tarExtractRegularFile(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
         if (extractFlag==TRUE && tostdoutFlag==FALSE) {
                 /* Create the path to the file, just in case it isn't there...
                  * This should not screw up path permissions or anything. */
-                create_path(header->name, 0777);
+                char *dir = dirname (header->name);
+                make_directory (dir, -1, FILEUTILS_RECUR);
+                free (dir);
                 if ((outFd=open(header->name, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY, 
                                                 header->mode & ~S_IFMT)) < 0) {
                         error_msg(io_error, header->name, strerror(errno)); 
@@ -397,8 +399,7 @@ tarExtractDirectory(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
         if (extractFlag==FALSE || tostdoutFlag==TRUE)
                 return( TRUE);
 
-        if (create_path(header->name, header->mode) != TRUE) {
-                perror_msg("%s: Cannot mkdir", header->name); 
+        if (make_directory(header->name, header->mode, FILEUTILS_RECUR) < 0) {
                 return( FALSE);
         }
         /* make the final component, just in case it was