On Sunday 30 March 2003 5:45 pm, David Smith wrote: > You had better do: > > apt-cache search xmms > > first, and then if you really want to instsall xmms*, do this: > > apt-get install xmms.* > > (that . means 'any character' and the * means '0 or more characters > that match .). While > > apt-get isntall xmms* > > Means: install anything that matches xmmssssss (0 or more s's). > > My $0.02 > > --Dave learn somthing new every day, thanks I didn't know that, I had belived that the "." was from the windows world as in the .exe or the .xls
thanks for your .02 cents worth. Brian _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
