there is also this project: http://pyshell.sourceforge.net/ -jmz On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Alex Dean wrote: > > On Nov 5, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Matt Graham wrote: > > From: "Michelle Lowman" >> >>> Is anyone here using Python in system administration? Better yet, >>> is anyone also writing about it? >>> >> >> The Gentoo folks have it so that their entire package management >> system is built in Python. That's fairly heavy system administration >> , right? The main problem with using Python for stuff like this is >> that it's not guaranteed to be there, while /bin/sh is. (You see a >> lot of tired old Unix admins griping about the Linux users putting >> bash-specific things in their scripts, for example....) >> > > I think most of RedHat's rpm tools are written in Python. yum, rpmbuild, > etc. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >