1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index c5aad45d6..7d440f451 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 #if defined BB_FEATURE_TAR_EXCLUDE
         int excludeListSize=0;
 #endif
-        const char *tarName=NULL;
+        const char *tarName="-";
         int listFlag     = FALSE;
         int extractFlag  = FALSE;
         int createFlag   = FALSE;
@@ -187,13 +187,13 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
         /* Parse any options */
         while (--argc > 0 && strspn(*(++argv), "-cxt") >0 ) {
                 stopIt=FALSE;
-                while (stopIt==FALSE && *(++(*argv))) {
+                while (stopIt==FALSE && *argv && **argv) {
                         switch (**argv) {
                                 case 'f':
                                         if (--argc == 0) {
                                                 fatalError( "Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
                                         }
-                                        if (tarName != NULL)
+                                        if (*tarName != '-')
                                                 fatalError( "Only one 'f' option allowed\n");
                                         tarName = *(++argv);
                                         if (tarName == NULL)
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                         fatalError( "Unknown tar flag '%c'\n" 
                                                         "Try `tar --help' for more information\n", **argv);
                         }
+                        ++(*argv);
                 }
         }