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-rw-r--r--archival/gzip.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/archival/gzip.c b/archival/gzip.c
index fed9390..44b5fe3 100644
--- a/archival/gzip.c
+++ b/archival/gzip.c
@@ -1312,8 +1312,8 @@ int gzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
outFileNum = STDOUT_FILENO;
}
- if (path == NULL && force == 0) {
- perror_msg("compressed data not written to a terminal. Use -f to force compression.");
+ if (path == NULL && isatty(outFileNum) && force == 0) {
+ error_msg("compressed data not written to a terminal. Use -f to force compression.");
free(path);
continue;
}