Tar using here for exclude

tar cvf /tmp/myfile.tar -C /usr/mysrcdir --exclude-from=- . << EOF
data/*.log
jobs/**/builds/*
EOF

# include specific files
tar cvzf /tmp/gosa.tgz -C / --files-from=- << EOF
/etc/ldap/schema/gosa/
/usr/share/gosa/
/etc/gosa
EOF

# update specific files (no compressed tar)
tar rvf /tmp/gosa.tar -C / --files-from=- << EOF
/etc/ldap/slapd.d
EOF