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Summary: MUST HAVE! Best tips/tricks for command line use in NT
Review: Mr. Hill has finally documented what IT types need, a comprehensive (if there is more, I probably don't need it) guide to using the command line in Windows NT. This is a MUST HAVE for anyone who wants, needs or just likes to use the command line to automate tasks. It shows that MS did not forget about DOS and have spent time enhancing it for NT.Thank you VERY MUCH, Mr. Hill, for your in-depth coverage. I've put this book to good use on many ocassions and will expect to do so again. I also bought copies for my integration engineers for when we deployed NT apps. If you use NT more than just casually, DO NOT PASS ON THIS BOOK! A must have for your library.
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Summary: A real "eye opener"
Review: On of the few books that cover Windows NT shell scripting, or more commonly known as DOS batch files. This book will certaining remove any notion that the CMD shell is just another variation of the DOS shell. The books describes the CMD shell as more similar to a UNIX shell than a DOS shell, enabling you to preform some advanced administration tasks through Command Line scripts. The book also provides a detailed reference for standard Windows NT commands, and Windows NT Resource Kit commands.
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Summary: one of the most helpful books I ever read
Review: Reading this book is like opening an old door and discovering a new universe behind it.
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Summary: At last decent documentation of Windows NT without the GUI.
Review: Shell use and scripting in Windows NT, i.e. accessing the system without GUI interface has been a blind spot for both Microsoft & the regular 3rd party comentators. Yet it is vital for system administrators and power users. While it is so well documented for UNIX & DOS; when it comes to Windows NT information about it is both sparse and widely disperesed across sysytem documentation, Resource Kits & the Microsoft Knowledge base. Tim Hill has done a great job in bringing it all together in one concise, yet complete volume. A must for Windows NT system administrators.
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Summary: Excellent resource for NT administrators!
Review: The author does an outstanding job of providing useful (and creative!) scripts. The book provides a thorough framework for creating practical, customized scripts for automating NT administration. If you are an NT Administrator and are acquainted only with simple batch files -- you need this book!
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Summary: Web Site Available
Review: The companion web site for Windows NT Shell Scripting is now available. We sincerely apologize for the delay.
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Summary: O'Reilly, beware!
Review: The degree of loving detail that Mr. Hill has lavished upon the spastically designed NT command shell cannot be underestimated. This book takes Redmond's hobbled monstrosity and makes it dance, even showing you how you can hack it to act if it were a real language (functions with local variables and return values, etc.)! Indispensable not only for sysadmins, but for anyone who needs to write a script for Win32 and can't count on Perl being installed on the machine. A real treasure.
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Summary: an excellent handbook for all NT admins and power users
Review: This book covers a poorly documented (by Microsoft) subject in great detail. Any NT System Admin or power user can pick up many, many useful and powerful scripting techniques, any of which could be applied immediately.
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Summary: Buy this Book
Review: This book has saved me and my staff from HOURS of repetitive tasks! It boggles the mind to think that you can go all the way through the Microsoft training for MCSE and learn NOTHING about scripting. Windows NT Shell Scripting made up for the gap in my education. I recommend this one highly along with Dino Esposito's Windows Script Host Programmer's Reference to make your administration tasks bearable.
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Summary: Why isn't this information in the MCSE material?
Review: This book has saved me and my staff from HOURS of repetitive tasks! It boggles the mind to think that you can go all the way through the Microsoft training for MCSE and learn NOTHING about scripting. Windows NT Shell Scripting made up for the gap in my education. I recommend this one highly along with Dino Esposito's Windows Script Host Programmer's Reference to make your administration tasks bearable.
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