From f5daa7b167665ddc10113f8ea7f104112a36cee1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathias Buus <mathiasbuus@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:53:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] trailing / indicates a directory when type is 0. fixes #43

---
 headers.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/headers.js b/headers.js
index 19c3da3..e168caa 100644
--- a/headers.js
+++ b/headers.js
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ exports.encode = function(opts) {
 
 exports.decode = function(buf) {
   var typeflag = buf[156] === 0 ? 0 : buf[156] - ZERO_OFFSET
-  var type = toType(typeflag)
 
   var name = decodeStr(buf, 0, 100)
   var mode = decodeOct(buf, 100)
@@ -207,6 +206,9 @@ exports.decode = function(buf) {
 
   if (buf[345]) name = decodeStr(buf, 345, 155)+'/'+name
 
+  // to support old tar versions that use trailing / to indicate dirs
+  if (typeflag === 0 && name && name[name.length - 1] === '/') typeflag = 5
+
   var c = cksum(buf)
 
   //checksum is still initial value if header was null.