Chapter FOUR. Scripting
TOPICS IN THIS CHAPTER
A Description of Scripting
Scripting in Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2000
Scripting in Red Hat Linux 7.1
A Survey of Scripting Languages
Script Language Interoperability
Administration Scenarios Using Scripts
Programs called scripts play important varying roles in Windows XP, Windows 2000, and in Linux 7.1. There is not always a rigorous distinction between scripts and binary executables. This chapter will describe scripting languages, their characteristics, roles within Windows and Linux, and their varying roles in portability and interoperability. The majority of the scripting languages we'll visit are capable of running a particular source file on either Windows or Linux. We shall point out the ...
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