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/backup/test is a directory, /backup/test/test1 and /backup/test/test2 are directories as well.

The command I am using to test this will not grab any files in test1 or test2, but if I add the -R...

The file has only these 3 lines:
-C/backup/test
test1
test2

It was created on the server with vi. I don't see any control characters in it.

oops, that is supposed to be -Lfiles.txt
the actual command that is producing the error strange behavior is:
tar -cvf test.tar -Lfiles.txt

...was up late trying to get this resolved

I am trying to create an archive using tar. I am specifying a list of directories using the -L option. For testing purposes I created a simple directory structure:

/backup/test
/backup/test/test1...