Canonicalize dirname(3) behavior.
diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index cf65798..389d7f0 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -342,9 +342,11 @@
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. */
- char *dir = dirname (header->name);
+ char *buf, *dir;
+ buf = xstrdup (header->name);
+ dir = dirname (buf);
make_directory (dir, -1, FILEUTILS_RECUR);
- free (dir);
+ free (buf);
if ((outFd=open(header->name, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY,
header->mode & ~S_IFMT)) < 0) {
error_msg(io_error, header->name, strerror(errno));