1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index e205763db..c82e51fe9 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 usage(tar_usage);
 
         /* Parse any options */
-        while (--argc > 0 && (**(++argv) != '\0')) {
+        while (--argc > 0 && **(++argv) == '-') {
                 stopIt=FALSE;
                 while (stopIt==FALSE && *(++(*argv))) {
                         switch (**argv) {