open SRPMS

[Jason Huddleston]

Ed Wilts wrote:

>On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 03:05:56PM +0600, lasa wrote:
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>
>>I am new to this really. Sorry for asking again. 
>>
>>How am I creating thease directory structure. Command Mkdir I know and
>>why it carries , (comma) mark in between these directors.(line needed
>>some simple explanation)
>>------# mkdir -p ~/REDHAT/{RPMS,SRPMS,SPECS,BUILD,SOURCES}-------??
>>    
>>
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>This is equivalent to the following:
># mkdir -p ~/REDHAT
># mkdir -p ~/REDHAT/RPMS
># mkdir -p ~/REDHAT/SRPMS
># mkdir -p ~/REDHAT/SPECS
># mkdir -p ~/REDHAT/BUILD
># mkdir -p ~/REDHAT/SOURCES
>
>Thanks for Stuart for showing me that syntax - I wasn't aware of that!
>You can also use it with the ls command:
># ls /etc/{cron.daily,cron.weekly}
>or more interestingly:
># ls /etc/cron{.daily,.weekly}
>
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>
the best use for that syntax is for renaming files:

cp file.conf{,.old}

This is equivelent to:

cp file.conf file.conf.old

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