Re: [tlug] What is the most appropriate scripting language

["John Mettraux" <jmettraux@example.com>]

On 1/15/07, Dave M G <martin@example.com> wrote:
> TLUG,
>
> If I were working on that *other* operating system, I would accomplish
> the following task with a .bat file.
>
> However, on Linux, I'm not sure which scripting language I should be
> using. It seems there are so many, and I'm not sure what the difference is.
> (...)
> What would be the appropriate scripting language, and might there be a
> resource which would help a newbie like me set up the above tasks?

Hi Dave,

I'd go the Ruby way, it's available on lots of platforms and is
really, really neat.

Some starting points :

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/


It's worth it, not only for you sysadmin scripting tasks.


Best regards,

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