- (let* ((skip (/ beg jka-compr-dd-blocksize))
- (prefix (- beg (* skip jka-compr-dd-blocksize)))
- (count (and len (1+ (/ (+ len prefix) jka-compr-dd-blocksize))))
- (start (point))
- (err-file (jka-compr-make-temp-name))
- (run-string (format "%s %s 2> %s | %s bs=%d skip=%d %s 2> /dev/null"
- prog
- (mapconcat 'identity args " ")
- err-file
- jka-compr-dd-program
- jka-compr-dd-blocksize
- skip
- ;; dd seems to be unreliable about
- ;; providing the last block. So, always
- ;; read one more than you think you need.
- (if count (format "count=%d" (1+ count)) ""))))
-
- (unwind-protect
- (or (memq (call-process jka-compr-shell
- infile t nil "-c"
- run-string)
- jka-compr-acceptable-retval-list)
-
- (jka-compr-error prog args infile message err-file))
-
- (jka-compr-delete-temp-file err-file))
+ (let ((start (point))
+ (prefix beg))
+ (if (and jka-compr-use-shell jka-compr-dd-program)
+ ;; Put the uncompression output through dd
+ ;; to discard the part we don't want.
+ (let ((skip (/ beg jka-compr-dd-blocksize))
+ (err-file (jka-compr-make-temp-name))
+ count)
+ ;; Update PREFIX based on the text that we won't read in.
+ (setq prefix (- beg (* skip jka-compr-dd-blocksize))
+ count (and len (1+ (/ (+ len prefix) jka-compr-dd-blocksize))))
+ (unwind-protect
+ (or (memq (call-process
+ jka-compr-shell infile t nil "-c"
+ (format
+ "%s %s 2> %s | %s bs=%d skip=%d %s 2> /dev/null"
+ prog
+ (mapconcat 'identity args " ")
+ err-file
+ jka-compr-dd-program
+ jka-compr-dd-blocksize
+ skip
+ ;; dd seems to be unreliable about
+ ;; providing the last block. So, always
+ ;; read one more than you think you need.
+ (if count (format "count=%d" (1+ count)) "")))
+ jka-compr-acceptable-retval-list)
+ (jka-compr-error prog args infile message err-file))
+ (jka-compr-delete-temp-file err-file)))
+ ;; Run the uncompression program directly.
+ ;; We get the whole file and must delete what we don't want.
+ (jka-compr-call-process prog message infile t nil args))