So what do I do? I tried -x pax and -x os390 and still get the error.
The weird thing is that I think it was working at one point, but I played with -o trying to solve a different problem and now I get this error all the time. Does pax "remember" options from one execution to another? Does it stick them in an environment variable or something? Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 3:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: FSUM7197 pax: invalid archive format selected On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 15:28:10 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >What the heck is pax trying to tell me? > >I enter the command > >pax -wvzf /u/maint/myarchive.pax * > >and pax responds > >FSUM7197 pax: invalid archive format selected: 'foldername' > >where foldername is one of the directories in the current path. > I believe some archive formats impose harsh limits on the length of a filename or pathname or even UID. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
