1yum-aliases(1)                                                  yum-aliases(1)
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NAME

6       yum aliases plugin
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SYNOPSIS

9       yum [options] alias
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  plugin changes other commands in yum, much like the alias command
13       in bash. There are a couple of notable  differences  from  shell  style
14       aliases though. The alias command has three forms:
15        * alias
16        * alias command
17        * alias command result
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19       The  first  form lists all current aliases with their final result, the
20       second form looks up a "command" and shows  it's  final  result  or  an
21       error message. The last form creates a new alias.
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Explanation of alias to final result conversion

24       When  you type an aliased command, like "yum --disableexcludes UPT lsu"
25       using the default aliases, the yum-aliases plugin first takes the first
26       "command",  by  skipping over any options, and then looks up the result
27       (in this case "UPT" is converted to "--enablerepo=updates-testing"). If
28       there  is  a  match,  then it will replace the aliased "command" in the
29       argument list and try again (again skipping over any options). By  con‐
30       vention,  in the default aliases list, alias "commands" that are in all
31       CAPS only add options so you can join together a chain of  them  before
32       any real command or aliased command.
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34       There  are two things that can alter the above, if you have the "recur‐
35       sive" configuration option set to off then alias processing  will  stop
36       after  the  first  alias  to  command substitution. Also, like in shell
37       aliases, if the result starts with \ then alias processing will stop.
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EXAMPLES

40       To create a new alias command called "rm" which does the same thing  as
41       the command "remove" use:
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43              yum alias rm remove
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45       To  always  add  the  --skip-broken  --disableexcludes=all  --obsoletes
46       options to the update command (but leaving the upgrade  option  alone),
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49              yum  alias  update  \update  --skip-broken --disableexcludes=all
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52       To override the default "up" alias to use the above update command, and
53       never ask for confirmation, you could use:
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AUTHORS

60              James Antill <james@and.org>
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SEE ALSO

63       yum-utils(1) yum(1)
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67James Antill                    31 March 2008                   yum-aliases(1)
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