exit (retval);
        }
 
-       dfd = open(params.datafile, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
-       if (dfd < 0) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "%s: Can't open %s: %s\n",
-                       params.cmdname, params.datafile, strerror(errno));
-               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-       }
+       if (!params.type == IH_TYPE_MULTI ||
+           !params.type == IH_TYPE_SCRIPT) {
+               dfd = open(params.datafile, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
+               if (dfd < 0) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "%s: Can't open %s: %s\n",
+                               params.cmdname, params.datafile,
+                               strerror(errno));
+                       exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+               }
 
-       if (fstat(dfd, &sbuf) < 0) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "%s: Can't stat %s: %s\n",
-                       params.cmdname, params.datafile, strerror(errno));
-               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-       }
+               if (fstat(dfd, &sbuf) < 0) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "%s: Can't stat %s: %s\n",
+                               params.cmdname, params.datafile,
+                               strerror(errno));
+                       exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+               }
 
-       params.file_size = sbuf.st_size + tparams->header_size;
-       close(dfd);
+               params.file_size = sbuf.st_size + tparams->header_size;
+               close(dfd);
+       }
 
        /*
         * In case there an header with a variable