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| -rw-r--r-- | src/xz/args.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/xz/args.c b/src/xz/args.c index cee5f202..8a5ce1f5 100644 --- a/src/xz/args.c +++ b/src/xz/args.c @@ -840,6 +840,11 @@ args_parse(args_info *args, int argc, char **argv) if (opt_format == FORMAT_RAW && !suffix_is_set() && !opt_stdout && (opt_mode == MODE_COMPRESS || opt_mode == MODE_DECOMPRESS)) { + if (args->files_name != NULL) + message_fatal(_("With --format=raw, " + "--suffix=.SUF is required " + "unless writing to stdout")); + // If all of the filenames provided are "-" (more than one // "-" could be specified) or no filenames are provided, // then we are only going to be writing to standard out. |