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diff --git a/src/tar.c b/src/tar.c
index f122f7a..8b35c58 100644
--- a/src/tar.c
+++ b/src/tar.c
@@ -2038,13 +2038,6 @@ decode_options (int argc, char **argv)
 		   | FORMAT_MASK (GNU_FORMAT)
 		   | FORMAT_MASK (POSIX_FORMAT));
 
-  if (multi_volume_option
-      && archive_format == POSIX_FORMAT
-      && subcommand_option == CREATE_SUBCOMMAND
-      && !tape_length_option)
-    USAGE_ERROR ((0, 0,
-		  _("creating multi-volume archives in posix format requires using --tape-length (-L) option")));
-
   if (occurrence_option)
     {
       if (!args.input_files)
@@ -2198,6 +2191,16 @@ decode_options (int argc, char **argv)
       break;
     }
 
+  /* Initialize stdlis */
+  if (index_file_name)
+    {
+      stdlis = fopen (index_file_name, "w");
+      if (! stdlis)
+	open_error (index_file_name);
+    }
+  else
+    stdlis = to_stdout_option ? stderr : stdout;
+
   archive_name_cursor = archive_name_array;
 
   /* Prepare for generating backup names.  */
@@ -2240,6 +2243,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   /* Make sure we have first three descriptors available */
   stdopen ();
 
+  /* Close all inherited open descriptors, except for the first three */
+  closeopen ();
+  
   /* Pre-allocate a few structures.  */
 
   allocated_archive_names = 10;