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.
On Wednesday, November 4, 2020, Charles Mills <[email protected]> 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. > > What is pax trying to tell me and how do I fix it? > > Thanks, > > Charles > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
