Re: [python-win32] Python as scripting glue, WAS Python for sysadmin

2006-12-16 Thread Bob Gailer
Bokverket wrote: Bob Gailer's keyboard emitted: I have under development a Python implementation of IBM's CMS Pipelines, which is in essence a super AKW and Linux/Unix pipes all in 1 package. Would you like to hear more? -- Indeed. NOTES FOR INTERESTED USERS/DEVELOPERS My work is a PC

[python-win32] Python as scripting glue, WAS Python for sysadmin

2006-12-15 Thread Bokverket
Bob wrote: IOW, making Python for Windows what AWK was for DOS :-) I'm confused. http://www.vectorsite.net/tsawk.html states The Awk text-processing programming language is a useful and simple tool for manipulating text. I don't see anything like access for example Outlook Express address lists,

Re: [python-win32] Python as scripting glue, WAS Python for sysadmin

2006-12-13 Thread Tim Roberts
Tim Golden wrote: There was a recent thread on python-dev in which GvR was surprised at the (large) number of .msi downloads from Python.org, indicating how popular Python might be among Windoweers. I'm surprised he was surprised. Better than 90% of the desktops in the world run Windows, so

Re: [python-win32] Python as scripting glue, WAS Python for sysadmin

2006-12-13 Thread Tim Golden
[Tim Roberts] | | Tim Golden wrote: | There was a recent thread on python-dev in which | GvR was surprised at the (large) number of .msi | downloads from Python.org, indicating how popular | Python might be among Windoweers. | | I'm surprised he was surprised. Better than 90% of the |

[python-win32] Python as scripting glue, WAS Python for sysadmin

2006-12-12 Thread Bokverket
Tim and Michael, I am a Python neophyte and must admit that I am not familiar with all those Python library names that swish around this list. But that was not my point. The tasks on Michael's list that he has done/helped out with lately are to a large extent useful jobs that an ordinary user