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

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

2006-12-15 Thread Tim Roberts
Bokverket wrote: > 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 f

[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 li

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

2006-12-14 Thread Bob Gailer
Bokverket wrote: > 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

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 |

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,

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

2006-12-13 Thread Tim Golden
[Bokverket] | The tasks on [Tim's] list that he has done/helped out with | lately are to a large extent useful jobs that an ordinary | user would love. Well, at least one who know how to program, | iow use Python as _the_ scripting language to glue all these | Micrsoft parts and apps together.

[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 w