Python for Unix and Linux system administration

✍ Scribed by Jeremy M. Jones, Noah Gift

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 433
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Python for Unix and Linux System Administration demonstrates how the Python language offers you a more efficient way to handle various tasks when managing Unix and Linux servers. Each chapter presents a particular administrative issue, such as concurrency or data backup, and offers Python solutions through hands-on examples. You'll learn to develop your own set of command-line utilities with Python to tackle a wide range of problems."--Jacket.  Read more...

Abstract:

Python is an ideal language for solving problems, especially for Linux and Unix. This book reviews various tasks that often occur in the management of these systems, and helps administrators learn how Python can provide a way to handle them. It also helps to develop command-line utilities with Python to tackle a wide range of problems.  Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: 1. Introduction --
2. IPython --
3. Text --
4. Documentation and Reporting --
5. Networking --
6. Data --
7. SNMP --
8. OS Soup --
9. Package Management --
10. Processes and Concurrency --
11. Building GUIs --
12. Data Persistence --
13. Command Line --
14. Pragmatic Examples --
Appendix. Callbacks.

✦ Subjects

UNIX (Computer file);Linux.;Python (Computer program language)