1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 6784d80ff..c5aad45d6 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 usage(tar_usage);
 
         /* Parse any options */
-        while (--argc > 0 && **(++argv) == '-') {
+        while (--argc > 0 && strspn(*(++argv), "-cxt") >0 ) {
                 stopIt=FALSE;
                 while (stopIt==FALSE && *(++(*argv))) {
                         switch (**argv) {
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 #else
                 exit(writeTarFile(tarName, tostdoutFlag, verboseFlag, argc, argv, excludeList));
 #endif
-        } else {
+        }
+        if (listFlag == TRUE || extractFlag == TRUE) {
                 exit(readTarFile(tarName, extractFlag, listFlag, tostdoutFlag, verboseFlag, excludeList));
         }