From HancockDC at missouri.edu Wed Aug 2 10:00:51 2000 From: HancockDC at missouri.edu (Hancock Jr, Denis C.) Date: Wed Aug 4 23:59:54 2004 Subject: FW: O'Reilly Releases Perl for System Administration Message-ID: <7B5F4A3DED02D411B49B0000E889ECB7D08E8D@UMC-MAIL02> Another new book.... ----------------------------------------- Denis C. Hancock?, Jr.????????? Database Administrator 213 Curtis Hall?????????????????????? 573-882-1722 (voice) UMC-Agronomy?????????????????? 573-884-7850 (fax) Columbia MO 65211????????????? HancockDC@missouri.edu -----Original Message----- From: Denise Olliffe [mailto:deniseo@oreilly.com] Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 6:29 PM To: HancockDC@missouri.edu Subject: O'Reilly Releases Perl for System Administration For immediate release For review copy contact: Denise Olliffe (707) 829-0515 ext 339 or deniseo@oreilly.com PERL MORE THAN EVER ESSENTIAL FOR SYS ADMINS Before Perl became the language fueling the Web, it was the favorite scripting language of system administrators. Perl is quick to program, easy to adapt, and relentlessly practical. Although Perl has become a diverse tool for countless tasks, such as CGI Programming and database programming, it remains the language of choice of system administrators everywhere. For those sys admins, O'Reilly has just released a new book, "Perl for System Administration." "System administration is often a glue job; Perl is one of the best glue languages. Perl was being used for system administration well before the World Wide Web came along with its voracious need for glue mechanisms," says author David N. Blank-Edelman. "Good system administration is hardly ever wrote," explains Blank-Edelman, "especially in multi-platforms where the challenges come fast and furious. Like any other craft, there are better and worse ways to meet those challenges. I wrote this book for the people who face those challenges. Perl can help." Assuming only a little familiarity with Perl, "Perl for System Administration" is aimed at all levels of administrators, from single-box Linux users to card-carrying SAGE members. While covering several different platforms (Unix, Windows NT, and MacOS), it also delves deeper to explore the pockets of administration where Perl can be most useful--including filesystem management, user administration, directory services, database administration, log files, and security and network monitoring. "Perl for System Administration" is for anyone who uses Perl for administrative tasks and needs to hit the ground running. Chapter 9, Log Files, is available free online at: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlsysadm/chapter/ch09.html For more information about the book, including Table of Contents, index, author bio, and samples, see: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlsysadm/ For a cover graphic in jpeg format, go to: ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/1565926099.jpg For an article by David N. Blank-Edelman on "Using Perl to Read Mail," see: http://perl.oreilly.com/news/perladmin_0700.html Perl for System Administration Managing Multiplatform Environments with Perl By David N. Blank-Edelman 1st Edition, July 2000 1-56592-609-9, 446 pages, $34.95 (U.S.) order@oreilly.com 1-800-998-9938 http://www.oreilly.com