I say Perl... The activestate dist is great. I am not aware of anything off the top of my head you can do in vbscript that you can't do in perl. You may want to learn enough vbscript to convert vbscripts others have written to perl.
Overall for really simple things vbscript may be easier at first glance, but as the complexity rises vbscript shows its issues and perl starts to shine. Grab Robbie Allen's AD Cookbook which has some perl in it, also his Managing Enterprise Active Directory Services has quite a bit of perl in it. Most everything I tend to post here in terms of scripts and do in general is perl. joe ------------- http://www.joeware.net (download joeware) http://www.cafeshops.com/joewarenet (wear joeware) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 10:32 PM To: ActiveDir (E-mail) Subject: [ActiveDir] scripting admin sorry for what is more of a personal advice question- i'm a perl guy and i was wondering if for proper windows scripting, should i learn VBscript or can i get away with most admining with perl and activestate. i run a couple of linux and unix servers, so perl makes sense, but would it behove me to learn VBscript or even VB to effectively script my win2k ad enviorment or can i get away with perl and its integer conversion et al and be a good admin mastering only one lang? thanks in advance List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
