From: Stephen Smith <4fires@...>
Date: 2007-05-30T13:44:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Kiss your boring tasks goodbye: Everyday Scripting With Ruby

I've read the book too.

Anyone who's already been a sysadmin probably doesn't have much to
learn from it conceptually. And if you're new to scripting, it's
probably not structured or complete enough to get you started.

It's a good resource, though, if you are new to Ruby and/or new to
scripting. Gives you a bunch of solid concepts, some decent tips for
the ordinary shortcuts the gurus don't want to admit knowing/bother
teaching, and enough idiomatic code to get you going.

Personally, I wish it ran you through some of the better command line
gems (e.g., cmdparse). But hey, that's personal preference. There's
some good stuff in here.

+0.02

On 5/29/07, Sean T Allen <sean@ardishealth.com> wrote:
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> > I suspect that the type of everyday scripting and automation suggested
> > by the book is the kind that must be driven by a person, not the kind
> > that replaces one.
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> I have the book and I would describe it as entry level. If you automated
> tasks in the fashion you suggested, you are way past learning anything
> from the book.
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