Re: Shell scripting VS perl

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:01:52 -0700, kenneho wrote:

Hi.


Are there any guidelines to which (automation) problems that should be
solved using shell (bash) scripts and which problems one should solve
with perl?

You can't use Perl on a system job if it's not available while booting.
like prior to when the ram disk is detatched and the drives installed.

Ruben


Regards,
kenneho

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