Define "System Administration" and the set of tasks involved.

I run Linux at home and the office, and "system administration" consists of managing repositories of data (files) gathered from locations, made available to users, backed up and periodically cleaned up.

I started out using shell scripts with standard Unix commands (grep/sed/awk) to move things around across network shares. However, trying to port these scripts to other Unix's (SUN) and Windows was painful because of inconsistencies in shells and command flags. Now I prefer to write perl scripts in place of shell scripts, because the logic is more flexible and portable.

But, those are 'my' system administration needs...what are yours?

In reply to Re: [OT] Alternative, supplement to Perl for sysadministration? by Anonymous Monk
in thread [OT] Alternative, supplement to Perl for sysadministration? by matze77

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