On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 01:57:22PM +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > 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 "*", Yes, it will try to expand the '*'. You can make the above command fail deliberately, of course. Try this: $ touch -- --exclude=dovecot-xyzzy $ yum --exclude=dovecot* update This will try to update dovecot, since the shell metacharacter will indeed be expanded. To remove the weirdly named file, do: $ rm -- --exclude=dovecot-xyzzy -- Kayvan A. Sylvan | Proud husband of | Father to my kids: Sylvan Associates, Inc. | Laura Isabella Sylvan, | Katherine Yelena (8/8/89) http://sylvan.com/~kayvan | my beautiful Queen. | Robin Gregory (2/28/92)
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