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| -rw-r--r-- | src/xz/args.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/xz/args.c b/src/xz/args.c index c31f759a..3468e276 100644 --- a/src/xz/args.c +++ b/src/xz/args.c @@ -724,6 +724,14 @@ args_parse(args_info *args, int argc, char **argv) && opt_mode != MODE_LIST)) coder_set_compression_settings(); + // If raw format is used and a custom suffix is not provided, + // then only stdout mode can be used when compressing or decompressing. + if (opt_format == FORMAT_RAW && suffix_is_set() && !opt_stdout && + (opt_mode == MODE_COMPRESS || + opt_mode == MODE_DECOMPRESS)) + message_fatal(_("With --format=raw, --suffix=.SUF is " + "required unless writing to stdout")); + // If no filenames are given, use stdin. if (argv[optind] == NULL && args->files_name == NULL) { // We don't modify or free() the "-" constant. The caller |