in reply to Robo or Perl?

heh... your question is a little akin to walking into a BMW enthusiasts meeting and asking, "which is a better car, BMW or Mercedes?"

What do you think your answer is likely to be?

Anyway, as you say yourself, Perl does the job adequately. However, copying a file from one machine to another is not exactly rocket-science - there are probably a zillion and one different ways to get the job done. I've never even heard of Robo Copy, so I can't comment on that. However, is it really such a big deal? It's just copying a file - who cares how it gets done as long as it gets done?

Don't sweat the small stuff, I say :)

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Re^2: Robo or Perl?
by davido (Cardinal) on Aug 17, 2006 at 17:31 UTC

    Robo copy may be http://www.robocopy.net which appears to be an online backup facility. If that's the case, the outcome of using robocopy may be different than the outcome of copying a file from one server to another with a Perl script. robocopy probably moves the file to www.robocopy.net's online backup servers, which he probably couldn't do without using their proprietary software. ...all this is speculation of course, but I'm guessing that if the server admins wish that he use a specific online backup service instead of his script, the decision isn't really his anyway, and even if it were, he's not really comparing apples with apples.


    Dave

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