From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 19 14:43:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.isg.siue.edu (mail.isg.siue.edu [146.163.5.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2EC537B402 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 14:43:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from WEBSHIELD2.isg.siue.edu (webshield2.isg.siue.edu [146.163.5.150]) by mail.isg.siue.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id QAA03630 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 16:43:29 -0600 (CST) Received: FROM mail.isg.siue.edu BY WEBSHIELD2.isg.siue.edu ; Sat Jan 19 16:43:28 2002 -0600 Received: from client156-52.ll.siue.edu (client156-52.ll.siue.edu [146.163.156.52]) by mail.isg.siue.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA03566; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 16:43:25 -0600 (CST) Received: (from vcardon@localhost) by client156-52.ll.siue.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) id g0JMaVg08482; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 16:36:31 -0600 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 16:36:31 -0600 From: "Victor R. Cardona" To: rene@xs4all.nl Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what is a good language for system administration? Message-ID: <20020119163631.B8423@client156-52.ll.siue.edu> References: <20020119205810.B17795@xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="WYTEVAkct0FjGQmd" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <20020119205810.B17795@xs4all.nl>; from rene@xs4all.nl on Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 08:58:11PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --WYTEVAkct0FjGQmd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 08:58:11PM +0100, rene@xs4all.nl wrote: > What other language do you guys advise for system administration tasks su= ch > as > * checking if a remote host is up > * pumping files & RAM data through external tools > * calling scripts written in the same language on a remote machine, to > 'pickup' data that was pumped to that machine by a local script. >=20 > My wishlist for the language, prioritized with most important first: > * portability! to other UNIXes, and even Windoze. > * low system demands - it needs to run on lowend boxes aswell > * clear organization of any 'plugins' (which need to be replicated on oth= er > machines aswell) > * a nice errorhandling & logging system Python is easy to learn and it is portable. It has a pretty good standard library, and additional modules are available through a variety of locations. -v --=20 Victor R. Cardona Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 (i386) Professional GPG key ID E81B3A1C Key fingerprint =3D 0147 A234 99C3 F4C5 BC64 F501 654F DB49 E81B 3A1C --WYTEVAkct0FjGQmd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8SfTvZU/bSegbOhwRAuGQAJ0cmJIFyqRRYgX3YBh0iMjQtkABjACeM3kA Zapm5lz6JeqJAOaCGM3ZErQ= =IStt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WYTEVAkct0FjGQmd-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message