Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Johnny Hughes wrote on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:00:27 -0600: > >> --exclude=openoffice\* > > shouldn't that be --exclude=openoffice* ? > At least that syntax is what I use in the repo files. > > exclude=openoffice* Both will work ... the \ means do not expand the wildcard as a command in the shell (do a google search for "shell expansion" if this does not make sense :D). In this case it does not really matter, but if it was something like this it might: yum install kernel\* (if you had a file named kernel-badstuff.i386.rpm in your current directory and if you only wanted to install things from mirrors and not your current directory then you would need the \) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071221/c2032649/attachment-0005.sig>