[TriLUG] Script to Generate Standard Scripts

[jbrigman at nc.rr.com]

Steve - Man, that's IT!

I've been looking and looking and looking, and am missing a couple issues of SysAdmin from about that timeframe. I tried searching online with no results either. 

Funny thing, that: no matter how much I use the CD (I always buy the archive CD later), I still need the printed magazine for finding some things. THANK YOU man, I'll be using this script in the next few minutes!

How are things going with you? It's been awhile since I've touched base with you. I'm hanging in there, doing OK. I've made a few TriLUG meetings and installfests and I like 'em: lots of energy and technical skill in abundance. 

I forget: where do you work? I thought you were a UNIX admin at UNC - am I remembering that right?

JKB

----- Original Message -----
From: burnett at pobox.com
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:39 pm
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Script to Generate Standard Scripts

> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, James Brigman wrote:
> 
> > Hey folks;
> > 
> > Several months ago, "Sys Admin" magazine had an article on a 
> script that
> > would generate script templates. The thing about this which is 
> so nice
> > is that it would ask a few questions (or you could enter command 
> line> values), and after running, generate a really nice ksh script
> > "framework". Nice comments at the top, along with some variable or
> > header definitions. It would be a fantastic resource to use for
> > generating very consistent and well-commented scripts. 
> > 
> > I'm trying to implement script standards, and this script would be
> > invaluable. But for the life of me, I can't find the darn 
> article. 
> > 
> > Do any of you out there remember the article I'm talking about, 
> and can
> > you point me to which issue or where I might find it?
> > 
> > Barring that, if any of you use a tool like this to write consistent
> > scripts I'd be interested in hearing about that too.
> 
> James:
> 
> I'd looked when you initially posted this question, and didn't 
> find the 
> article. Today, looking for an article on server documentation, I 
> found 
> the article that I believe you were asking for in your email:
> 
> "I 'new' it - A Generator for New Shell Script Templates", 
> by Joseph Pietras. 
> SysAdmin magazine, September 2003, pp. 49-50.
> 
> regards,
> Badger
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