Thanks, Ben. Actually, I'm very aware of that book. I'm interested in competing with it. :) I'm editor for one of O'Reilly's competitors, so if you or anyone else here at PLUG know of anyone who may be interested in writing a similar title, or any Linux title, please let me know.
Cheers, Michelle On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Python for Unix and Linux System Administration, 1st Edition > by Noah Gift; Jeremy Jones > Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. > Pub Date: September 2, 2008 > Print ISBN-13: 978-0-596-51582-9 > Pages: 656 > > http://safari.oreilly.com/9780596515829 > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Matt Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > From: "Michelle Lowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Is anyone here using Python in system administration? Better yet, > >> is anyone also writing about it? > > > > The Gentoo folks have it so that their entire package management > > system is built in Python. That's fairly heavy system administration > > , right? The main problem with using Python for stuff like this is > > that it's not guaranteed to be there, while /bin/sh is. (You see a > > lot of tired old Unix admins griping about the Linux users putting > > bash-specific things in their scripts, for example....) > > > > -- > > Matt G / Dances With Crows > > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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