Two AutoYaST Features by One Char

and the star char is - The Slash!

Feature 1:
On openSUSE 11.2, if you add a "/" at the end of a filename in the <files> section, AutoYaST will create a directory:

<files config:type="list">
  <config_file>
    <file_path>/myData/</file_path>
    <file_permissions>644</file_permissions>
  </config_file>
...
</files>

Maybe nothing which makes the crowd go wild but might be useful from time to time and saves you from writing a script just for that.

Feature 2:
That's a bit more impressive than the first. If you use a "/" at the beginning of a <package> or <pattern>, you tell AutoYaST to interpret it as a regular expression like this:

<software>
  <patterns config:type="list">
    <pattern>/.*_server</pattern>
  </patterns>
  <packages config:type="list">
    <pattern>/kde4.*</pattern>·
  </packages>
</software>

Beware of using <package>/.*</package> because that will select every package and some of them conflict.

happy slashing ;) - Uwe