Dont chdir untill after we open the archive

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index f9711f8df22f43a7ccdb1995f43ca2b8e0e89c71..cadab32ca57ee2f2420cb3935cfd66b0a8d81f51 100644 (file)
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -710,10 +710,6 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
                tar_handle->filter = filter_accept_reject_list;
        }
 
-       if ((base_dir) && (chdir(base_dir))) {
-               perror_msg_and_die("Couldnt chdir");
-       }
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
        /* create an archive */
        if (tar_create == TRUE) {
@@ -740,6 +736,11 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
                } else {
                        tar_handle->src_fd = xopen(tar_filename, O_RDONLY);
                }
+
+               if ((base_dir) && (chdir(base_dir))) {
+                       perror_msg_and_die("Couldnt chdir");
+               }
+
                while (get_header_ptr(tar_handle) == EXIT_SUCCESS);
 
                /* Ckeck that every file that should have been extracted was */