Resolved: [PLUG] Proper way to copy directories

[Mel Andres]

Richard C. Steffens wrote:

>On Wednesday 22 December 2004 10:32 am, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
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>I thought about trying rsync, but discovered that it is not installed. I made 
>that discovery after I was logged in on the console screen. I think that's 
>the only thing I have to grouse about regarding the SuSE personal 
>distribution: several tools that are commonly installed with other 
>distributions do not come standard with this one. I can easily add them with 
>YaST, but it is slightly frustrating to want to use something that "always 
>used to be there" and find it missing. Make is another example. I don't use 
>it a lot, but every once in a while I like to try out something that comes as 
>source files, so I'll have to add make, and I'll have to check to see what 
>other development tools aren't there, like a compiler. Not a big deal; just a 
>minor annoyance.
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I deal with the same thing. I think it is the difference between the 
Personal Edition vs the Professional Edition. One of the reasons I plan 
to try debian. (When I get the time and the nerve, at the same time.)

  Mel