how to include files of particular format while tarring a folder

Question

I have the following working

tar -pcvf base.tar input/myPacket/my2 --exclude-vcs input/myPacket/my3/*.bmp

When i have directories with spaces like "input file" then i include the paths in quotes and the include path doesnot work for *.bmp

tar -pcvf base.tar "input file/myPacket/my2" --exclude-vcs "input file/myPacket/my3/*.bmp"

Thanks,

Answer 1

Try this:

tar -pcvf base.tar "input file/myPacket/my2" --exclude-vcs input*file/myPacket/my3/*.bmp

Rather than try to fight the sily spaces within UNIX directories, work around it in the easiest way possible.