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Ask Slashdot: Moving From *nix To Windows Automation?

Posted by timothy on from the setting-expectation-levels dept.

Zubinix writes "I have a background in doing automation in a Unix/Linux environment using scripting languages such as perl and bash shell, as well as ssh for remote scripting. My next project will be in the Windows environment so what approach and methodology is best for developing, say, the automation required for a test system? I don't want to use things like Cygwin, as I need to integrate with Windows applications such as Exchange and Sharepoint. Is there a list of should and should not dos when it comes to Windows automation?"

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  1. Don't do it... by TheReaperD · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just don't. [/sarcasm]

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    1. Re:Don't do it... by oakgrove · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Then you'll just love xdotools. Just an apt-get install away in your distro of choice. For even more fun, throw in some python.

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  2. A millions monkeys comes to mind by Foofoobar · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that and banging your head on your keyboard until the world makes sense again.

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  3. Windows Automation by telekon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What I read:

    I have a background doing things in a logical way, in a stable environment that actually works, but thanks to some incompetent beancounters who have traded the company cow for some buzzword-compliant magic beans, my next project will be building an igloo in the ninth circle of hell.

    But for the sake of supporting 'Ask Slashdot':

    DO:

    • not use Windows

    DO NOT:

    • use Windows.
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  4. Re:a VM... by hax4bux · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    kludge@elvis:101>uname -a
    Linux elvis.goaway.com 2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp #1 SMP Tue Mar 28 12:47:32 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
    kludge@elvis:102>uptime
      18:07:02 up 647 days, 21:56, 18 users, load average: 8.53, 7.78, 7.76