HI Rebecca -- I an still a newbie but I really learned alot from this tutorial:
http://www.netcat.co.uk/rob/perl/win32perltut.html After you go thru this tutorial then give learning perl a try. I bet it will be alot easier then:-) Best of luck; perl is really good for windoze admin stuff. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Auernheimer, Rebecca (CORP, Consultant) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 12:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: usefulness of perl for production? Hello all, I want to use perl to replace our MS-DOS batch jobs. The main purpose of most of these batch jobs is to move, copy, rename, and zip files in a windows (NT) environment. I use a few variables to add the date into the zip file name and to move the zip file into the appropriate month-named directory. I am having trouble finding information on getting perl to handle these (overly?) simple functions. I want to start very small and gradually build on my knowledge to do more complicated things. I have started reading Learning Perl (2nd ed) and I was overwhelmed, partially because the topics I wanted to cover were not addressed. Someone suggested looking into the "system" command so I scanned chapter 14, but it does not seem to address my needs, either. I looked at some web sites (perl.org, cpan, perl.com, webmonkey) without finding what I needed. My questions: Is perl appropriate for the tasks I mentioned in the second sentence? If so, where can I get information about how to do those things? Thank you so much for any input you can give me. Rebecca -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
