On 6/2/2011 4:46 AM, Ansgar Wiechers wrote:
I'm aware that this can be done in Perl. I just don't see any point in
using VBScript to extract the data, and then switching to Perl for
further processing.
I also don't see any point in using awk to transform the output of a
Perl script, BTW.
I didn't write the VBScript, I found it on the Internet. When I
upgraded from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, I had to find a whole new
script, as the old one didn't work.
The inital output leaves a lot to be desired from an automation
standpoint, though I'm sure it's perfectly acceptable to your average
Windows admin. Although VBScript is not completely opaque to me, I do
not know it very well. The transformations required were very easy in
Perl, which I do know. The sanity check and deployment on Linux was
easiest in shell. If I were experienced in VBScript, I would have
handled it without the intermediate step.
I'm going to investigate Mr. Conrad's Perl/LDAP solution, which would be
easy to customize and much less prone to breakage.
Thanks,
Shawn
