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-rw-r--r--archival/tar.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index eb085c770..135bfd186 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -922,6 +922,8 @@ writeTarHeader(struct TarBallInfo *tbInfo, const char *header_name,
strncpy(header.linkname, tbInfo->hlInfo->name, sizeof(header.linkname));
} else if (S_ISLNK(statbuf->st_mode)) {
char *lpath = xreadlink(real_name);
+ if (!lpath) /* Already printed err msg inside xreadlink() */
+ return ( FALSE);
header.typeflag = SYMTYPE;
strncpy(header.linkname, lpath, sizeof(header.linkname));
free(lpath);