From: Joe Percival <bttman@...>
Date: 2006-03-10T14:22:11+09:00
Subject: Is this a reasonable application for Ruby?

I have a box that retrieves data from a weather station as well as a 
number of video cameras.  I would also like to grab some graphics files 
from external FTP sites and execute some gimp comands to generate 
animated graphics.  There are a number of other data sources that I 
would like to access, parse into xml files and upload to my web app.

Also, I have to develop some routines to deal with recovery from 
unexpected program termination (we live in an area with unreliable 
power).  I need to develop routines that figure out what time it is when 
they wake up, and execute specific applications at required times.

Are these reasonable applications of ruby?  Since I am going to be 
learning Ruby anyway for RoR, I thought maybe I could use Ruby for this 
kind of task rather than trying to do it all in MS Dos Batch files 
(which would require re-learning the intracacies of DOS).

Thanks,
joe

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