New to Perl

[dbbyleo]

I have never used Perl.

I am a System Admin (Windows2000). I've used batch scripts to automates admin stuff before, but now I'm running into ideas I want to implement that will require stuff that I can't simply do with batch scripts and the command-line commands avaliable in Windows2000.

Can I use Perl as a scripting languange on the server to automate Sys Admin duties?

[Laxters]

I would think so, and I'm sure others would recommend it too.

I actually just wrote a nifty script that creates a mysqldump into the /home/username account, the zip's up the whole site and FTPs it to another location.

[SeanW]

Sure, it's a great language for windows administration. Look at the Win32::* modules on PPN, and [roth.net...]

Sean