/* Buffer management for tar.
Copyright (C) 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001,
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by John Gilmore, on 1985-08-25.
return;
}
+static bool
+archive_is_dev ()
+{
+ struct stat st;
+
+ if (fstat (archive, &st))
+ {
+ stat_diag (*archive_name_cursor);
+ return false;
+ }
+ return S_ISBLK (st.st_mode) || S_ISCHR (st.st_mode);
+}
+
static void
short_read (size_t status)
{
if (left && left % BLOCKSIZE == 0
&& verbose_option
- && record_start_block == 0 && status != 0)
+ && record_start_block == 0 && status != 0
+ && archive_is_dev ())
{
unsigned long rsize = status / BLOCKSIZE;
WARN ((0, 0,