No, I was trying to archive the current directory, and it contained a file named -x (created accidentally) and the next folder is named 'foldername' (per my original post).
John is saying that the shell expands the folders recursively, so pax sees pax blah blah -x foldername ... And says foldername is an invalid operand for -x. Comprende? Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 4:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: FSUM7197 pax: invalid archive format selected On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 17:57:25 -0600, John McKown wrote: >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. > Are you discussing command line args? If so, sometimes the circumvention is to use "./-x". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
