Re: [Bug-tar] I can not create an archive of a specific file name

[Jaco van der Schyff]

On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:45:28AM +0200, admin wrote:
> # ls
> --str-2-1.png index.py site/ media/
> 
> # tar -czpf ~/backups/web/domain.tar.tgz *
> tar: unrecognized option `--str-2-1.png'
> Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.

I'm assuming you are executing tar from the same directory as the
files:

Try: tar -czpf ~/backups/web/domain.tar.tgz .

- Jaco van der Schyff