From b196440c9dc0528f29f6acf0adbc26dd2bd4fb07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Makrydakis <irrequietus@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 13:20:54 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Deferring output directory after -f check has taken
 place.

---
 lrztar | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lrztar b/lrztar
index 71cc375..5ab110b 100755
--- a/lrztar
+++ b/lrztar
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ Notice:
         i+="/${vopt[v_d]##*/}"
         i="${i%.tar.*}"
         ((v_O)) && {
-            mkdir -p "${vopt[v_O]}" &> /dev/null
             for x in ${!p[@]};do
                 [ "${p[x]}"x == "-O"x ] && {
                     p[x]=

From 66ae7c85bf6e5f8277454d74532acb162a86cdf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Makrydakis <irrequietus@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 14:20:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Target directories must always exist and -f should not
 create them.

---
 lrztar | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lrztar b/lrztar
index 5ab110b..ced7b9d 100755
--- a/lrztar
+++ b/lrztar
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ Notice:
             return 1
         }
         if ((v_O)); then
-            mkdir -p "$i" &> /dev/null
+            if ! [[ -d $i ]]; then
+                printf "lrztar: %s output path does not exist.\n"\
+                        "$i"
+                return 1
+            fi
         else
             i="./"
         fi
@@ -110,7 +114,18 @@ Notice:
             }
         else
             if ((v_O)); then
-                ((v_f)) && mkdir -p "${vopt[v_O]}" &> /dev/null
+                if ! [[ -d ${vopt[v_O]} ]]; then
+                    printf "lrztar: %s output path does not exist.\n"\
+                            "${vopt[v_O]}"
+                    return 1
+                fi
+                if [[ $(shopt -s nullglob;
+                        shopt -s dotglob;
+                        echo "${vopt[v_O]}"/*) ]] && ! ((v_f)); then
+                    printf "lrztar: %s output path is not empty.\n"\
+                           "${vopt[v_O]}"
+                    return 1
+                fi
                 for x in ${!p[@]};do
                     [ "${p[x]}"x == "-O"x ] && {
                         p[x]=