Michael Smith <msmith at cbnco.com> writes: > + os.system('rm -rf %s/*' % (pkgcopy)) Can be written as os.system('rm -rf %s' % (pkgcopy)) Every SUSv3 compliant 'cp' will create the 'pkgcopy' directory. > + os.system('cp -pPR %s/. %s/' % (installdest, pkgcopy)) Enrico