Douglas Alan wrote: ...
In any case, as a suggestion to the whomever it is that arranges for stuff to be put into the standard library, there should be something like this there, so everyone doesn't have to reinvent the wheel (even if it's an easy wheel to reinvent) for something that any sysadmin (and many other users) would want to do on practically a daily basis.
The general model is that you produce a module, and if it gains a audience to a stable interface, inclusion might be considered. I'd suggest you put up a recipe at ActiveState.
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