[Bug-tar] Tar doesn't seem to support white-space in directory name when using --directory

Dear tar maintainer(s) I have trouble getting the --directory=dir to work when dir include white-space(s) Even if I surround the path in quotes "my folder" If this is a bug and just me fooling around, I would be great if you would look into this ;-) I use Debian 9 (stretch) Best regards Brian

Re: [Bug-tar] Tar doesn't seem to support white-space in directory name when using --directory

Hi Brian, > I have trouble getting the --directory=dir to work when dir include > white-space(s) Using tar 1.30 here, $ mkdir 'foo bar' $ >'foo bar'/xyzzy $ tar --directory='foo bar' -cvf brian.tar xyzzy xyzzy $ find | sort -V . ./brian.tar ./foo bar ./foo bar