Ed Greshko wrote: >>> If you normally run "yum update" you can change your procedure to simply >>> run "yum --exclude=dovecot* update". >> >> Don't you have to say "yum --exclude=dovecot\* update" ? > > I've never had to escape the * in this situation. YMMV, I stand corrected. I assumed the shell would try to expand the "*", and when it could not would either give a warning or omit the argument. But I've never really understood the subtleties of bash. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
