Win32 Perl Scripting: The Administrator's Handbook (Circle) (Paperback)

by Dave Roth (Author)

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Review
It's this simple: everyone responsible for a Windows host should have a copy of "Win32 Perl Scripting: The Administrator's Handbook." -- Cameron Laird, co-author of of the "Regular Expressions" on scripting languages and maintainer of the Perl/Tk FAQ

Product Description
Scripting has become an enormously popular method of managing and maintaining Windows NT and 2000 networksas evidenced by the success of Windows NT Shell Scripting, which has sold over 30,000 copies in 2 years. Simpler than programming, yet allowing greater complexity and utility than packaged network management tools, scripting is now the tool of choice by many of you network administrators. Perl is yet another powerful element of the scripting arsenal, yet since it has been ported to the Windows environment, very little information has been published on how to employ this extremely effective tool. Win32 Perl is so powerful that it can accomplish virtually any task that you may want to perform. Dave Roth, prolific creator of Win32 extensions, is prepared to share his unique insight into how these tasks can be accomplished and provide scripts that can be immediately employed. This book illustrates how Perl can automate many current mundane administrative tasks.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (November 10, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578702151
• ISBN-13: 978-1578702152
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #672,267 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You need this book., December 4, 2000

By	Jason A. Rush (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you use Perl on Win32 you need THIS book. There is plenty of good material elsewhere on Perl for Unix/Linux; and plenty out there on platform-independent aspects of the Perl language. But the "Camel" book (Programming Perl 3rd Edition, by Wall, Christiansen and Orwant) and all the other excellent standard sources don't help you with Win32 specific tasks. This book shows examples for managing user and machine accounts, leveraging event logs, using Perl scripts to do any admin task. Running Perl scripts as services. Even the very latest Win32 things like WMI and ADSI. I use this book as a companion to "Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions" also by Dave Roth, which helps with OLE automation and such.

Get the "Camel" book, this book, and ActiveState Perl and you will be all set to do whatever Perl thing you please on Win32.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well written, concise, pragmatic, and lots of exemplary code, December 14, 2000

By	C. Garrett Goebel (Mission, KS USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you need to automate administrative tasks, ignore the O'Reilly Perl-Admin books, this one has a lot more substance and a very little fluff.

Dave Roth is a prolific author of many very popular Perl modules for 32 bit Windows operating systems: Win32::Daemon, Win32::Perms, Win32::ODBC, Win32::AdminMisc, and many others. He is also an active participant in the Perl WinNT Admin mailing list

This guy has a lot of real world experience with Perl and Win32. He's solved a lot of difficult problems. More than that, he does a great job of regularly taking the time to document and convey that knowledge on to others. The book is a great distillation of that knowledge.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NOT a beginner's book, February 9, 2001

By	Barbara Rhoades "Jackie of all Trades" (O'Fallon, MO USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

WIN 32 PERL is not a book for beginners. You are probably a systems administrator looking for solutions to you time-consuming administration tasks. If so, look this book over.

The book is written in a small font making it a book you need to read when your mind is fresh. It does contain detailed coding information for the various system problems. WIN 32 PERL contains nine chapters explaining things from Monitoring and Reporting and Logon Scripts to ADSI and WMI.

The content page is only three-and-a-half-pages long but the index of fifteen pages more than makes up for the lack in the content section. Finally, there is a 20-page review of other books available to assist you in your administrative needs.