1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/tar-mode.el b/lisp/tar-mode.el
index 400dbdad134..9f34858cab2 100644
--- a/lisp/tar-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/tar-mode.el
@@ -388,11 +388,12 @@ MODE should be an integer which is a file mode value."
                    (dir (file-name-directory name))
                    (start (+ (tar-desc-data-start descriptor) tar-header-offset -1))
                    (end (+ start (tar-header-size tokens))))
-              (message "Extracting %s" name)
-              (if (and dir (not (file-exists-p dir)))
-                  (make-directory dir t))
-              (write-region start end name)
-              (set-file-modes name (tar-header-mode tokens)))))
+              (unless (file-directory-p name)
+                (message "Extracting %s" name)
+                (if (and dir (not (file-exists-p dir)))
+                    (make-directory dir t))
+                (write-region start end name)
+                (set-file-modes name (tar-header-mode tokens))))))
       (set-buffer-multibyte multibyte))))
 
 (defun tar-summarize-buffer ()
@@ -604,14 +605,13 @@ appear on disk when you save the tar-file's buffer."
             (not tar-subfile-mode)
             (> (prefix-numeric-value p) 0)))
   (cond (tar-subfile-mode
-         (make-local-variable 'local-write-file-hooks)
-         (setq local-write-file-hooks '(tar-subfile-save-buffer))
+         (add-hook 'write-file-functions 'tar-subfile-save-buffer nil t)
          ;; turn off auto-save.
          (auto-save-mode -1)
          (setq buffer-auto-save-file-name nil)
          (run-hooks 'tar-subfile-mode-hook))
         (t
-         (kill-local-variable 'local-write-file-hooks))))
+         (remove-hook 'write-file-functions 'tar-subfile-save-buffer t))))
 
 
 ;; Revert the buffer and recompute the dired-like listing.