That's it! In some of my screwing around I managed to create a file name -x unintentionally.
A bear to delete. Luckily in looking for something else I read about --. rm -- -x deletes it. THANKS! Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 3:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: FSUM7197 pax: invalid archive format selected Do any of the directories start with a dash? Filename expansion is done by the shell, not pax. So pax would see a dash and think the rest was an option. Most likely you have a file or directory which is "-x" so the following entry, "foldername" is being interpreted as the output format. There is no fix other than not using a dash as the first character in a file, directory, etc.name. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
