From: Armand D (ciscoworks2001@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Nov 25 2002 - 17:29:07 GMT-3
Scripting is cool but, Why reinvent the Wheel ?
Armand
--- Dan.Thorson@seagate.com wrote: > > What
programming languages a network engineer
> MIGHT need to perform his
> job?
>
> UNIX shell scripts. PERL. Expect.
>
> > What do network engineers or adminiastrators do
> with a programming
> language? please elaborate
>
> I use shell scripts to monitor config changes. I
> use perl and expect to
> grab configs nightly for backup purposes, and to
> find config changes. I
> push passwords to multiple types of gear using
> expect. I also manage DNS
> and DHCP, and I use the scripting to
> monitor/maintain them. Shell
> scripting can be handy when you need to tweak
> scripts provided by (or used
> with) net mangement tools i.e. HP OpenView or
> Spectrum. I use MRTG and
> Cricket to monitor bandwidth, etc., but needed to
> write my own unix shell
> scripts (and used expect) to gather some router
> stats not availble via
> SNMP.
>
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