FW: O'Reilly Releases Perl for System Administration

Hancock Jr, Denis C. HancockDC at missouri.edu
Wed Aug 2 10:00:51 CDT 2000


Another new book....

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-----Original Message-----
From: Denise Olliffe [mailto:deniseo at oreilly.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 6:29 PM
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Subject: O'Reilly Releases Perl for System Administration


For immediate release
For review copy contact:
Denise Olliffe (707) 829-0515 ext 339 or deniseo at 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 at oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938
http://www.oreilly.com



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