the c++ guys pee on the C guys who pee on the perl/python/java guys who pee on the shell script guys who pee on the javascript/php web guys, etc.
bottom line, everyone wants to code the 'big problems' and everyone else wants someone else to code the annoying ones. if you want to sit in the front of the bus learn c/c++. its simply not that hard. my experience is that you can learn C/c++ faster than learning perl/python really well.
first of all, if youre going to do this, dont try to make it work on all platforms. it will be hard enough to make it work well on one platform. if you can do that, it'll be no problem to port it cuz you'll be rolling in $$$ and can pay someone else to do that.
second, never tell anyone that you asked this question on slashdot.
isnt great that the community debugs microsoft's security software for free? they probably dont event try to test it anymore since they can rely on everyone finding the holes and reporting it immediately on slashdot.
i had a similar experience, but mine was that it just went runaway after a fixed period of time. Have you used it to run a continuous instance for an extended period yet?
well... if your quest for commercial alternatives fails, what i would do is set up ftpd on your linux box, then either cook up some little java clients that do exactly what you want when you want them to, or find some kind of scriptable ftp client. if you roll your own, you can easily ftp what you want to your linux server, and then have the server tar it up and roll it off onto tape.
alternatively there are NFS classes form sun, so you could get your mac and wins to nfs mount via java and move the files that way.
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... i wish i had thought of that.
heres something worth $10, please buy it for $50 and ill give you $10 back.
nice.
its faster to bittorrent a show than to watch it. we dont need terristial broadcasting anymore.
bye bye. pack up your vacumn tubes and go home now tv broadcasters.
the c++ guys pee on the C guys who pee on the perl/python/java guys who pee on the shell script guys who pee on the javascript/php web guys, etc.
bottom line, everyone wants to code the 'big problems' and everyone else wants someone else to code the annoying ones. if you want to sit in the front of the bus learn c/c++. its simply not that hard. my experience is that you can learn C/c++ faster than learning perl/python really well.
FLASH, it's a dessert topping AND a floor wax!
first of all, if youre going to do this, dont try to make it work on all platforms. it will be hard enough to make it work well on one platform. if you can do that, it'll be no problem to port it cuz you'll be rolling in $$$ and can pay someone else to do that.
second, never tell anyone that you asked this question on slashdot.
isnt great that the community debugs microsoft's security software for free? they probably dont event try to test it anymore since they can rely on everyone finding the holes and reporting it immediately on slashdot.
i had a similar experience, but mine was that it just went runaway after a fixed period of time. Have you used it to run a continuous instance for an extended period yet?
well... if your quest for commercial alternatives fails, what i would do is set up ftpd on your linux box, then either cook up some little java clients that do exactly what you want when you want them to, or find some kind of scriptable ftp client. if you roll your own, you can easily ftp what you want to your linux server, and then have the server tar it up and roll it off onto tape.
alternatively there are NFS classes form sun, so you could get your mac and wins to nfs mount via java and move the files that way.