Hi All,
I am Windows Systems Administrator(planning to migrate to Linux administration in near future), I have occassionally written few batch files and Vbscripts to automate my tasks.
Now I have strong interest to learn a programming language that would help me to write Scripts or Application ( In Systems Administrative point of view) .
I have read on net that Python is the best way to start of for beginers , Please let me your suggestions and help me out to chose to the right programming language to write scripts ranging from simple automation scripts to appliations for my workflow.
I am confused to chose between C++,Python,Perl.
Thanks in Advance
Kk
I use Python for all sorts of Windows administration tasks. I can honestly say that I've yet to find a better Windows scripting language. I've used it to migrate Mac users to PCs (file conversions), laptop location reporting (ipconfig, route, etc.)... to help recover stolen laptops, and most recently a social security number search utility to identify files that should be safe guarded from identity theft hacks. See the latter here:
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/rtilley/public/find_ssns/find_ssns.html
In short, Python is the ideal language for scripting/programming on Windows computers.
Best of luck,
rbt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
