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Jerzy Kaczorowski wrote: >>"a" is an argument. You want: >>cvs.exe tag -- a -hyphenfile.txt > > > The syntax is correct. "a" is an argument - tag name here - and after that Yes it's an argument, not an option. > it's followed by a double-hyphen to mark the end of options. After a "--" "--" marks the end of options... > there can be only files, and that is how the files starting with hyphen can ..or other arguments. > be properly handled by all other commands. If you don't specify the end of > options command parser can't tell what's the file and takes the first > character following the hyphen as an option resulting in errors, e.g.: You don't need to - cvsnt has done this automatically for a long time now. Tony